G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 54
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- Tomb Owner
- Hetepheres (Lepsius 54)
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- Excavator
- (Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Lepsius No
- L.54
- LG 54
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- Junker No
- Hetepheres
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- sloping shaft; chapel
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- Remarks
- Sloping shaft opening north of tomb of Seshemnefer-tjeti. Linked with Lepsius 53.
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Amulet of Udjat (eye of Horus)
- BÄM_1331
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- BÄM_8631
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- BÄM_1261
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Terminal and beads from collar
- BÄM_1290
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Lepsius 54: relief from W wall (color plate)
- ID HUMFA_EG025480
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 11. Der Friedhof südlich der Cheopspyramide: Ostteil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 74, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1953, pp. 92-94, 97-98, 122-124, 136-137, 258-263, figs. 49, 105, 105a, plan after p. 298.
Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G285.
Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, pp. 227-228, plan 19.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of Lepsius 54 (part of Seshemnefer [IV] complex). False door inscribed for Hetepheres (upper lintel now missing), identified as [rxt nswt jmAxwt xr hAj=s] royal acquaintance, revered before her husband; also appears in chapel relief, south wall (no longer preserved), identified as [Hm-nTr Nt] priestess of Neith; in situ in Lepsius 54.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1810–1884
- Remarks Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
- Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
ID: HUMFA_A6977_NS
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba, VI, Mastaba VII, Mastaba VIII, Mastaba IX, Mastaba X, Nisusankh, Nisuhenu, Sehetepu Tepu, Heneni, Khenut, Lepsius 53, Lepsius 54, Lepsius 55, Seshemnefer-tjeti, Ptahhetep
Description: G I-South Cemetery (mastabas S of Khufu pyramid), E end, including Mastaba, VI, Mastaba VII, Mastaba VIII, Mastaba IX, Mastaba X, and mastabas of Nisusankh, Nisuhenu, Sehetepu Tepu, Heneni, Khenut, and Seshemnefer [IV] complex, looking SSE to Sphinx and beyond from top of Khufu pyramid
ID: HUMFA_EG019923
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 6: Cemetery G I-South of German-Austrian Excavation Concession (East Half)
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: G I-South Cemetery, south of the Khufu pyramid, eastern half, published in H. Junker, Giza 10
ID: MFAB_AAW1197
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53, Lepsius 54, mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Seshemnefer [IV] complex (including Lepsius 53, Lepsius 54, mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti), looking S
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 54
Description: Block of relief (offering bearers) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 54, Hetepheres, chapel, E wall
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5198
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 54
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 54, Hetepheres, burial chamber, sarcophagus, looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5227
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 54
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 54, Hetepheres, chapel, W wall, false door inscribed for Hetepheres, looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5231
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Khenut, Lepsius 54
Description: G I-South Cemetery: space between mastaba of Khenut (to N) and (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 54 (to S), looking E
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5237
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 54
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): mouth of sloping passage (at N end of mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti) leading to burial chamber of Lepsius 54, looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 54
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 54, Hetepheres, chapel, W wall, false door inscribed for Hetepheres, looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 54
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 54, Hetepheres, burial chamber, sarcophagus, looking W
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