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G 7512

Eastern Cemetery

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: street G 7500, G 7510, G 7512

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Maakheru (G 7512)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Reisner Date
    Dynasty 5-6
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 7512 A; G 7512 B; G 7512 C; G 7512 D; G 7512 E; G 7512 F; G 7512 G; G 7512 X; G 7512 Y
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is immediately east of G 7510 (Ankh-haf), and just north of Ankh-haf's chapel.

Finds 62

Excavation Diary Pages 12

Maps & Plans 44

Drawings 1

Unpublished Documents 24

People 2

Ancient People

  • Maakheru (G 7512)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 7512. Limestone false door (25-2-508 = MFA 25.2175) and limestone door jamb (25-2-509) inscribed for Maakheru; found in street G 7500 east of G 7512 X (area of G 7512 chapel). Limestone lintel (25-2-1002) inscribed for Maakheru; found displaced in G 7521 A.

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.