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Avenue G 1

Eastern Cemetery

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: avenue G 1, boat pit S of G I-a

Details

  • Attested
    Akhethetep (in Avenue G 1)
    Hetepwesir (in Avenue G 1)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Remarks
    This is a short avenue that runs between G I-a and G I-b in Cemetery G 7000.

Finds 211

Excavation Diary Pages 9

Maps & Plans 3

Drawings 4

Unpublished Documents 4

People 3

Ancient People

  • Akhethetep (in Avenue G 1)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Inscribed fragment of basalt (24-11-694 = MFA 24.2568), possibly part of stela, sarcophagus, or statue base; found in avenue G 1, G I-a boat pit.

  • Hetepwesir (in Avenue G 1)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Ushabti (fragment: 24-11-481) inscribed for Hetepwesir; found in Avenue G 1 debris. Name Hetepwesir may not be name, but rather part of hetep di nisut Wesir formula.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.