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S 576

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 576

Details

  • Attested
    Nefer [II] (in S 576)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5-6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 576
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is east of G 5180 and west of G 5280 near south end of these mastabas. False-door of Nefer [II] was reused here to cover shaft.

Finds 1

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 7. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Erster Teil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 3. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1944, pp. 146-149, figs. 59-60, plan after pl. 40.

    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. 154, plan 16.

    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, pp. 525-526 [2 (142)].

People 2

Ancient People

  • Nefer [II] (in S 576)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks False door (Hildesheim 2403) inscribed for Nefer, identified as [rx nswt jmj-r pr] royal acquaintance, steward; found reused as roofing over shaft S 576.

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • 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.