Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Hepetweser, S 4214
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- Tomb Owner
- Hepetweser (Hepetweser)
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Junker No
- S 4248/4321
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- PorterMoss Date
- Late Old Kingdom
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- Site Type
- Mud-brick mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 4248; S 4318; S 4321
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- Remarks
- Porter-Moss III gives no name for owner, and hence calls it S 4248/4321. Junker calls the owner Hepetweser. Mastaba is south of Nebetpedju and Menib, west of S 4189/4191 and west of G 4851.
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- RPM_3172
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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. 214-216, figs. 1, 98, pls. 2 [b], 4 [c], plan 3 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. 104, plan 13.
Sethe, Kurt. Urkunden des Alten Reichs. Erster Band. Urkunden des Ägyptischen Altertums Abteilung 1, Hft. 1-4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1903-1933, p. 229 [5 (145) L].
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Offering basin (Hildesheim 3172), inscribed [jr.n=f nw Hr jmAHt (sic) sA=f Hptwsr] he made this on behalf of the honored one, his son Hepetweser; found in situ in mastaba of Hepetweser (S 4248/4321).
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_EG019918
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 1: Steindorff Cemetery
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: Steindorff Cemetery (far Western Cemetery, central strip), published in H. Junker, Giza 5 and Giza 9
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2932
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Hepetweser, S 4214
Description: Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Hepetweser, three offering basins in situ at E face (center basin, E of shaft S 4318, inscribed for Hepetweser = Hildesheim RPM_3172), looking WSW (shaft S 4214, foreground)
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2933
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Hepetweser
Description: Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Hepetweser, E face, two of three offering basins in situ (basin inscribed for Hepetweser = Hildesheim RPM_3172, foreground right), looking SSE along E face to shaft S 4248
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2934
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Hepetweser
Description: Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Hepetweser, E face, uninscribed offering basin in situ, looking SSE along E face to shaft S 4248 (middle ground center),
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