Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: S 679/705
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- PorterMoss Date
- Late Old Kingdom (?)
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- Site Type
- Uncertain/destroyed
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- Shafts
- S 679; S 705
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is east of G 5470's chapel. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on plan EG002029.
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- KHM_ÄS_8804
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- KHM_ÄS_8805
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- KHM_ÄS_8806
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- KHM_ÄS_8807
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- KHM_ÄS_8808
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- KHM_ÄS_8809
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- KHM_ÄS_8811
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- KHM_ÄS_8812
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- KHM_ÄS_8815
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- KHM_ÄS_8816
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- KHM_ÄS_8824
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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. 29-30, pls. 6 [b]-7, 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. 163, plan 16.
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_EG019921
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 4: Western Cemetery of German-Austrian Excavation Concession (Central Strip - Cemetery en Echelon)
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: Western Cemetery, central strip, easternmost tombs (Cemetery en Echelon), published in H. Junker, Giza vols. 3, 7, 8
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: S 679/705
Description: Mud tags (execration figures) with hieratic inscriptions in black ink found in inscribed pottery jar in mastaba S 679/705. These kinds of figures often are intended to be stylized representations of bound captives. Writing the name(s) of detested or feared individuals (or groups) on such figures, then destroying or mistreating them, was intended to neutralize negative influences or actions they might be suspected of harboring. Hochrechteckig, mit abgerundeten Ecken, stielartiger Fortsatz in der Mitte der Oberkante ("Kopf"); hieratische Aufschrift mit schwarzer Tinte.
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: S 679/705
Description: Mud tags (execration figures) with hieratic inscriptions in ink found in inscribed pottery jar in mastaba S 679/705
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: S 679/705
Description: Mud tags with hieratic inscriptions (execration figures) in ink found in inscribed pottery jar in mastaba S 679/705
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: S 679/705
Description: Mud tags with hieratic inscriptions (execration figures) in ink found in inscribed pottery jar in mastaba S 679/705
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: S 679/705
Description: Inscribed pottery jar (contained mud tags with hieratic inscriptions [execration figures]) found in mastaba S 679/705
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: S 679/705
Description: Inscribed pottery jar (contained mud tags with hieratic inscriptions [execration figures]) found in mastaba S 679/705
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