Digital Giza | Werirni

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

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.

Red granite sarcophagus of Werirni
- GEM_14908

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

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 103 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K02_ChapIX_p103
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 10: Burials and Burial Equipment, Page 178
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX_p178
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 10: Burials and Burial Equipment, Page 178 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX2_p178
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 10: Burials and Burial Equipment, Page 195
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX_p195
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 10: Burials and Burial Equipment, Page 195 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX2_p195
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 10: Burials and Burial Equipment, Page 199
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX_p199
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 10: Burials and Burial Equipment, Page 199 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX2_p199
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 10: Burials and Burial Equipment, Page 203
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX_p203
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 10: Burials and Burial Equipment, Page 203 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX2_p203

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.

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.

Service des Antiquités
- Type Excavator
- Remarks Egyptian antiquities service; precursor to Supreme Council of Antiquities.