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Seshathetep [II]

Western Cemetery

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2 of 2 • Cemetery G 5000: mastaba of Seshathetep [II], chapel, remains of false door inscribed for Seshathetep, looking W
Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: Western Cemetery, central strip, easternmost tombs (Cemetery en Echelon), published in H. Junker, Giza vols. 3, 7, 8
Cemetery G 5000: mastaba of Seshathetep [II], chapel, remains of false door inscribed for Seshathetep, looking W

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Seshathetep [II]

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Seshathetep [II] (Seshathetep [II])
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Junker No
    S 480/482
  • Other No
    Seshethotp [II]
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Old Kingdom
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    s 480; S 481; S 482; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba against east wall of Khufuseneb [I]'s chapel, off northwest corner of G 5350. Contains offering room with remains of a false door.

Finds 2

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 7. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Erster Teil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 3. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1944, pp. 141-143, figs. 38, 55, plan after pl. 40.

    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. 153, plan 16.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Seshathetep [II] (Seshathetep [II])

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Seshathetep [II] (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Remains of false door inscribed for Seshathetep, identified as [Hm-nTr ...] priest of ... ; found in situ in mastaba of Seshathetep [II].

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.