Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Wemtetka
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- Tomb Owner
- Wemtetka (Wemtetka)
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 5-6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 2564; S 2565; S 2566; serdab
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- Remarks
- Mastaba east of tomb D 20 and G 6037. Drawn but not labeled on Junker Giza 9 plan 2, including 3 shafts and a serdab.
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Limestone offering basin of Wemtetka
- KHM_ÄS_8555
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 9. Das Mittelfeld des Westfriedhofs. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 73, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1950, pp. 104-107, fig. 44, pl. 9 [d], plan 2 after pl. 20.
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. 110, plans 13-14.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Offering basin (KHM Vienna ÄS 8555) inscribed for Wemtetka, identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; found in situ in front of north offering niche in mastaba of Wemtetka (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker).
Modern People
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- 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.
ID: HUMFA_EG019919
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 2: Steindorff Cemetery
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: Steindorff Cemetery (far Western Cemetery, central strip), published in H. Junker, Giza 9
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2842
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Wemtetka
Description: Steindorff Cemetery / Junker Cemetery (west): area W of D 25, mastaba of Wemtetka, offering basin inscribed for Wemtetka (KHM Vienna ÄS 8555) in situ, looking SW
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2851
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 2560/2562, Wemtetka, S 2563, G 6037, G 6042, G 6040
Description: Steindorff Cemetery / Junker Cemetery (west): area W of D 25, mastaba S 2560/2562 (middle ground left), mastaba of Wemtetka and mastaba S 2563 (middle ground center), G 6037 (middle ground right), looking S to G 6042 (background center) (G 6040, background right)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Wemtetka
Description: Offering basin inscribed for Wemtetka from mastaba of Wemtetka: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8555
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