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Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Teti (G 1040+1041)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Alternate Reisner No
    G 1040+41
  • Correct Double Mastaba No
    G 1040
    G 1041
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 1040 A; G 1040 B; G 1041 X; G 1041 Y; G 1040 Serdab; G 1040 Chapel
  • Remarks
    Reisner named the mastaba G 1040 with shafts A and B, and named the chapel added in front G 1041 with its intrusive shaft X inside chapel and intrusive shaft Y east of chapel. Reisner referred to this as G 1040+41.

Finds 3

Excavation Diary Pages 2

Maps & Plans 35

Drawings 1

Published Documents 4

Unpublished Documents 56

Full Bibliography

  • Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G61.

    Manuelian, Peter Der. "Penmeru Revisited–Giza Mastaba G 2197 (Giza Archives Gleanings V)." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 45 (2009), pp. 33-34.

    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. 54.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Teti (G 1040+1041)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Limestone seated statue (Cairo JE 37720) inscribed for Teti, identified as [rx nswt sHD qdw] royal acquaintance, insepctor of builders; found in situ in G 1040+1041 serdab.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.