Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 69, Lepsius 70
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- Tomb Owner
- Kay (Lepsius 69)
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- Attested
- Henutsen (in Lepsius 69)
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- Excavator
- (Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884
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- Lepsius No
- LG 69
- L.69
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 5-6
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- Site Type
- Rock-cut tomb
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- Shafts
- chapel; burial chamber
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- Remarks
- Rock-cut tomb south of Cheops causeway, well northeast of G 7510, south of Lepsius 68 z and under Lepsius 70 (lower down). Entrance facing NE.
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Relief from Lepsius 69, Lepsius 76, Lepsius 77, Lepsius 78, G 8080
- ID HUMFA_EG025525
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Lepsius, Denkmaeler 2, 34 [a-b].
Lepsius, Denkmaeler Text 2, pp. 89-90.
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. 211, plan 18.
Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box M 3, Description of Cemetery G 7000, p. 431.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Wife of Kay
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- Type Tomb Owner
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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