Digital Giza | Mastaba of Three Pillars

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

Excavator

Sir William Flinders Petrie, British, 1853–1942
Other No

Tomb with Three Pillars
PorterMoss Date

Dynasty 5-6
Remarks

Probably one of rock-cut tombs at east edge of pyramid plateau, south of Khufu causeway between Lepsius 68 and 69. Exact position unknown. Not indicated on Porter-Moss plan XVIII, but this plan does indicate Lepsius 68 and 69.

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

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.

Modern People

Sir William Flinders Petrie
- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates British, 1853–1942
- Remarks Father of British Egyptology.