Digital Giza | Lepsius 68

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 68, Lepsius 69, Lepsius 70

Tomb Owner

Iteti (Lepsius 68)
Excavator

(Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884

George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
Lepsius No

Lepsius 68 x

Lepsius 68 y

Lepsius 68 z

L.68

LG 68
PorterMoss Date

Dynasty 5-6
Site Type

Rock-cut tomb
Shafts

chapel; shafts not noted; Lepsius 68 x; Lepsius 68 y; Lepsius 68 z
Remarks

Rock-cut tomb south of Cheops causeway, well northeast of G 7510, south of Lepsius 67 y. Entrance facing NE.

Relief from Lepsius 65, entrance, drum lintel; Lepsius 68, drum lintel, entrance thicknesses, and S wall; Lepsius 64, N wall, E of entrance, and S wall
- ID HUMFA_EG025487

A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page 428a
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_M03_p428a
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page 430
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_M03_p430
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page 431
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_M03_p431
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page 491a
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_M03_p491a
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page Contents 12
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_M03_Contents12

Kendall, Timothy. "An Unusual Rock-Cut Tomb at Giza." In William Kelly Simpson and Whitney M. David, eds. Studies in Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Sudan: Essays in Honor of Dows Dunham on the Occasion of his 90th Birthday, June 1, 1980. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1981, p. 107, n. 11.

Lepsius, Denkmaeler 2, 92 [b-c].

Lepsius, Denkmaeler Text 1, p. 89.

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. 210, plan 18.

Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box M 3, Description of Cemetery G 7000, p. 431.

Ancient People

Iteti (Lepsius 68)
- Type Tomb Owner

Modern People

(Karl) Richard Lepsius
- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1810–1884
- Remarks Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
George Andrew Reisner
- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
- Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.