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Werirni

Eastern Cemetery

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Werirni

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Werirni (Werirni)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
    Service des Antiquités
  • Alternate Reisner No
    G 7810 X
  • PorterMoss Date
    Probably Dynasty 5
  • Remarks
    Located between G 7810 and G 7820.

Finds 1

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 9

Full Bibliography

  • 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. 205.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Werirni (Werirni)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Werirni (unnumbered mastaba, located between G 7810 and G 7820, excavated by the Service des Antiquités). Granite sarcophagus (Cairo JE 48078 = CG 6007) inscribed for Werirni, identified as [jrj-pat xtmw-bjtj mdw Hp sAw nxn r p nb smr watj HAtj-a jmj js Hrj-tp nxb Hrj-tp DAt] hereditary prince, sealer of the king of Lower Egypt, herdsman of Apis, guardian of Nekhen, mouth of every Butite, sole companion, count, councillor, chief of Nekheb, supervisor of the wardrobe; from shaft of mastaba of Werirni.

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.

Institutions 1

  • Service des Antiquités

    • Type Excavator
    • Remarks Egyptian antiquities service; precursor to Supreme Council of Antiquities.