Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3
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- Tomb Owner
- Menkaure-ankh (MQ 3)
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- Attested
- Ankhnebef (in MQ 3)
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 5-6
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- Site Type
- Rock-cut tomb
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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. 294.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Wife of Menkaure-ankh (owner of MQ 3).
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of MQ 3. Possibly same individual as Menkaure-ankh, son of Setju (owner of Lepsius 93).
Modern People
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- 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.
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Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C218_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3, MQ 5
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, N chamber = MQ 5, roof of serdab, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C223_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3, MQ 5
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, N chamber = MQ 5, serdab, roofing removed, sand filled interior, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C216_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3, MQ 5
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, N chamber = MQ 5, looking W
ID: HUMFA_C217_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3, MQ 5
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, N chamber = MQ 5, roof of serdab, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C219_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3, MQ 5
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, N chamber = MQ 5, roof of serdab, looking S
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Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3, MQ 5
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, N chamber = MQ 5, roof of serdab, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C221_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3, MQ 5
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, N chamber = MQ 5, roof of serdab, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C222_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3, MQ 5
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, N chamber = MQ 5, serdab, one roofing stone removed, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C224_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3, MQ 5
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, N chamber = MQ 5, serdab, roofing removed, sand filled interior, looking S
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Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3, MQ 5
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, N chamber = MQ 5, roof of serdab, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C226_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, chapel, inscribed offering stone in situ, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C227_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, chapel, inscribed offering stone in situ, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C228_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, chapel, false door and inscribed offering stone in situ, looking SW
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Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, chapel, false door and inscribed offering stone in situ, looking SW
ID: HUMFA_C295_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, chapel, inscribed offering stone in situ, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C301_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Quarry Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 3
Description: Menkaure quarry cemetery: MQ 3, chapel, inscribed offering stone in situ, looking S
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