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S 677/817

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 677/817

Details

  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Attested
    Ibib (in S 677/817)
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Old Kingdom
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 677; S 704; S 735; S 736; S 737; S 738a, S 738b; S 738c; S 817; S 625; S 645; S 655; S 675; serdab
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is against south wall of G 5470. Shafts 625, 645, 655, and 675 are included within this mastaba.

Finds 6

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 8. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Zweiter Teil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 73, Abhandlung 1. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1947, pp. 38-44, figs. 11, 13-15, plan after pl. 28.

    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. 162, plan 16.

    Shirai, Yayoi. "Ideal and Reality in Old Kingdom Private Funerary Cults." In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, pp. 331-333.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Ibib (in S 677/817)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks False door inscribed for Ibib, identified as [sS a nswt] royal document scribe; found displaced in mastaba S 677/817, shaft S 817.

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.