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S 700

Western Cemetery

Details

  • Attested
    Khnumenti (in S 700)
    Nisuptah Nisu (in S 700)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Early Dynasty 6 (?)
  • Site Type
    Shafts only (no superstructure)
  • Shafts
    S 700
  • Remarks
    Shaft is east of Lepsius 30 and close to pyramid wall.

Finds 3

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 2

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. 160, 166-172, figs. 83, 87-89, pls. 25, 27, 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. 168, plan 16.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Khnumenti (in S 700)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f mrjj=f] his beloved son) of Nisuptah Nisu, identified as [Sps nswt] noble of the king. Appears of door jamb (Cairo JE 44973) inscribed for his father Nisuptah Nisu; found displaced in shaft S 700.

  • Nisuptah Nisu (in S 700)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Nisuptah, [rn=f nfr] his good name Nisu. Door jamb (Cairo JE 44973) and false door (Hildesheim 2388) inscribed for Nisuptah Nisu, identified as [sS a nswt pr-aA xft-Hr] royal document scribe of the Great House in the presence; found displaced in shaft S 700.

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.