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G 7690

Eastern Cemetery

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7690, G 7772, G 7773, G 7774, G 7775, G 7779

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Iui (G 7690)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • PorterMoss Date
    Old Kingdom
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 7690 Chapel a; G 7690 A; G 7690 B; G 7690 C; G 7690 D; G 7690 E; G 7690 F; G 7690 G; G 7690 H; G 7690 I; G 7690 J; G 7690 K

Finds 28

Excavation Diary Pages 52

Maps & Plans 20

Drawings 3

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 61

Full Bibliography

  • Eaton-Krauss, Marianne. "Embalming caches." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 94 (2008), p. 288, note 37.

    Flentye, Laurel. "The Development of Art in the Eastern and GIS Cemeteries at Giza during the Fourth Dynasty: Iconography and Style." In Jean-Claude Goyon and Christine Cardin, eds. Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, Grenoble, 6-12 septembre 2004, vol. I. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 150. Leuven: Uitgeveru Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies, 2007, pp. 724, 734, note 72, fig. 1.

    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. 202.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Iui (G 7690)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Blocks of relief from door jamb (28-3-98 = MFA 30.206.1 + 30.206.2) inscribed for Iui, identified as inspector of ka-priests; found in G 7690 K.

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.