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Iymery [I]

G I-South Cemetery

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Iymery [I]

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Iymery [I] (Iymery [I])
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 101; S 117; S 121; serdab; chapel
  • Remarks
    Tomb is off south side of G I-S No. 3.

Finds 1

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 5

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 10. Der Friedhof südlich der Cheopspyramide: Westteil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 74, Abhandlung 1. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1951, pp. 143-147, figs. 52-53, plan 1 of 1 after p. 211.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G330.

    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. 218, plan 19.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Iymery [I] (Iymery [I])

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Iymery [I] (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Offering stone (Cairo JE 53151) inscribed for Iymery, identified as [wab nswt sHD sSw a nswt pr-HD sHD sSw sSr nswt] royal wab-priest, inspector of royal document scribes of the treasury, inspector of scribes of the royal linen; found in situ in mastaba of Iymery [I] chapel.

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • 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.