Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 55
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- Tomb Owner
- Niankhre [II] (Lepsius 55)
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- Excavator
- (Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Lepsius No
- LG 55
- L.55
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- Junker No
- Niankhre [II]
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- PorterMoss Date
- Late Dyn 5 or early Dyn 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 347; serdab; chapel
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is south of G IX S, north of Lepsius 54 and east of Khenut.
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- RPM_3231
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- RPM_3229
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- RPM_3230
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- RPM_3232
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Limestone statue of Niankhre [II]
- GEM_1119
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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. 79-91, figs. 45-48, pls. 8 [a], 9 [a-b], 10 [a-b].
Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G286.
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, p. 223, plan 19.
Scharff, Alexander. "On the Statuary of the Old Kingdom." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 26 (1941), p. 49, pl. IX.3.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of Lepsius 55. False door inscribed for Niankhre, identified as [Hm-kA HkA Hm-kA Hr jmj Snwt Hm-kA jnpw xntj spA] priest of Heka, priest of Horus-who-is-in-Shenwet, priest of Anubis-foremost-of-Sepa; found in situ in Lepsius 55 (now destroyed). Statue (Cairo JE 53150) inscribed for Niankhre, identified as [sHD swnw pr-aA] inspector of physicians of the Great House; found in fragments in Lepsius 55 serdab.
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: KHM_AEOS_II_5011
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 55
Description: Canopic jar and lids from Lepsius 55, shaft S 347: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim RPM_3229 (lid), RPM_3230 (lid), RPM_3231 (jar and lid), RPM_3232 (lid) (order of display for lids unknown)
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5014
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 55
Description: Copper tools (adze blades, axe heads) from Lepsius 55, shaft S 347
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5015
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 55
Description: Copper tools (chisels, adze blades) from Lepsius 55, shaft S 347
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5045
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 55
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Lepsius 55, serdab, statue inscribed for Niankhre (Cairo JE 53150) in situ, looking N
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5064
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 55
Description: Statue inscribed for Niankhre from Lepsius 55, serdab: Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 53150
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5065
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 55
Description: Statue inscribed for Niankhre from Lepsius 55, serdab: Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 53150
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5066
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 55
Description: Statue inscribed for Niankhre from Lepsius 55, serdab: Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 53150
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5067
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 55
Description: Statue inscribed for Niankhre from Lepsius 55, serdab: Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 53150
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5267
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 55
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Lepsius 55, remains of exterior chapel (?) E of mastaba, looking S to Seshemnefer [IV] complex
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 55
Description: Statue inscribed for Niankhre from Lepsius 55, serdab: Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 53150
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 55/169, Niankhhathor [II], S 16/23, Mastaba I
Description: G I-South Cemetery: area between Mastaba I (to W) and Mastaba III (to E), looking W across mastaba S 55/169 (foreground), mastaba of Niankhhathor [II] (to W), mastaba S 16/23 (W of Niankhhathor [II]) and area to W toward Mastaba I
ID: GEM_1119_001
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 55
Description: Painted limestone statue of the Niankhre [II] from Lepsius 55, serdab: GEM_1119 (= EMC_JE_53150 = EMC_SR_2/14961)
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