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G 3050

Western Cemetery

Maps and plans: General plan of Western Cemetery

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Ankh (G 3050)
  • Attested
    Kednefret (in G 3050)
    Kednefret (in G 3050)
    Khentka (in G 3050)
  • Excavator
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Reisner Date
    Dynasty 5
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 3050 Chapel
  • Remarks
    This mastaba was only partially cleared. No shafts excavated. Only east side of mastaba shown west of G 3042 on Fisher's plan 1. Note: Numbers G 3051-3070 unused.

Finds 2

Excavation Diary Pages 12

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 2

Unpublished Documents 30

Full Bibliography

  • Fisher, Clarence S. The Minor Cemetery at Giza. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1924, pp. 133, 149 [30], fig. 130, pls. 9-10, 51.

    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. 97, plan 9.

    Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Boxes L8 & L9, Appendix J: The Mastabas in Cemeteries G 1400 and G 3000, pp. 83-84.

People 5

Ancient People

  • Ankh (G 3050)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 3050. False door panel and drum (UPM_E13537) inscribed for Ankh, identified as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; found displaced in debris of G 3050 outer offering room. Maybe same individual as Ankh (near G 3094).

  • Kednefret (in G 3050)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Ankh (owner of G 3050) and Kednefret. Appears on false door panel (UPM_E13537) inscribed for her father; found displaced in debris of G 3050 outer offering room.

  • Kednefret (in G 3050)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Ankh (owner of G 3050). Appears on false door panel (UPM_E13537) inscribed for her husband, identified as [mjtrt] mitret; found displaced in debris of G 3050 outer offering room.

  • Khentka (in G 3050)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Ankh (owner of G 3050) and Kednefret. Appears on false door panel (UPM_E13537) inscribed for her father; found displaced in debris of G 3050 outer offering room.

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1876–1941
    • Remarks Archaeologist and architect. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.