Digital Giza | Lepsius 73

Maps and plans: General plan of Eastern Cemetery (G 7000s)

Tomb Owner

Dendenu (Lepsius 73)
Excavator

(Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884
Attested

Neferhetepes (Lepsius 73)
Lepsius No

LG 73

L.73
PorterMoss Date

Dynasty 5-6
Site Type

Rock-cut tomb
Shafts

chapel; shafts and later burial chamber not reported.
Remarks

Rock-cut tomb east of northern end of G 7610-7620 and south of Lepsius 72. Entrance facing ot SE.

Lepsius 73: relief from jambs, drum lintel, architrave, and drum lintels from Lepsius 67, Lepsius 72, Lepsius 74, and Lepsius 73, and
- ID HUMFA_EG025548

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.
- Date: 1974

A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page 428a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A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page 432
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_M03_p432
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page 433
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_M03_p433
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page 491a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A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix P: Cemetery G 7000: Part 2, page Contents 12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

Lepsius, Denkmaeler 2, 93 [d-e].

Lepsius, Denkmaeler Text 1, pp. 90-91, fig. on p. 90 [lower].

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Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box M 3, Description of Cemetery G 7000, pp. 432-433.

Ancient People

Dendenu (Lepsius 73)
- Type Tomb Owner
Neferhetepes (Lepsius 73)
- Type Attested

Modern People

(Karl) Richard Lepsius
- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1810–1884
- Remarks Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.