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S 687

Western Cemetery

Maps and plans: Plan 4: Western Cemetery of German-Austrian Excavation Concession (Central Strip - Cemetery en Echelon)

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Irenakhet Iri (S 687)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Dyn 6 or 1st Int. Period
  • Site Type
    Shafts only (no superstructure)
  • Shafts
    S 687
  • Remarks
    Shaft is against east wall of Ankhudja Ithi. Page 153 also mentions S 688 which is south of S 687, with figure 76 showing the burial pit and skeleton.

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 5

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. 151-153, fig. 73, plan after pl. 28.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G336.

    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. 167, plan 16.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Irenakhet Iri (S 687)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Decayed wood coffin (KHM Vienna ÄS 10092) inscribed for Irenakhet, called Iri, identified as [Sps nswt smr pr] noble of the king, companion of the house; found in shaft S 687.

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.