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G 7690

Eastern Cemetery

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40 of 68 • Cemetery G 7000 SE (area E of G 7690): G 7772, G 7773, G 7774, G 7775, G 7779, looking W
Ptolemaic, Roman, and modern copper objects: top row: [E of G 7777] 28-4-52 (= MFA 28.1407, bracelet), [G 7777 W] 28-4-69 (= MFA 28.1416, bracelet), [G 7791] 28-3-55 (= MFA 28.1378, coin), [G 7775] 28-4-124 (= MFA 28.1432, bracelet), [G 7524] 28-5-8 (= MFA 28.1466, coin); middle row: [street G 7500] 28-5-215 (= MFA 28.1531, ring bezel fragment), [G 7775] 28-4-126 (= MFA 28.1433, Anubis), [G 7000 SE 42] 28-3-85 (= MFA 28.1386, menat), [S of G 7650] 28-5-7 (= MFA 28.1465, Apis bull), [street G 7300] 27-4-925 (= MFA 27.1916), [G 7690 X] 28-4-31 (= MFA 28.1401, two fragments); bottom row: [street G 7500 S] 28-5-214 (= MFA 28.1530, arrow head), [G 7777 K I] 28-4-95 (= MFA 28.1425), [G 7350 C] 28-3-93 (= MFA 28.1388, fragment of nail ?), [between G 7330-7340: G 7330 and G 7340] 27-4-1254 (= MFA 27.2021, fragment of fish hook ?), [G 7350 C] 28-4-44 (= MFA 28.1405, fragment of needle ?), [street G 7500 S] 28-5-131 (= MFA 28.1500), [G 7891 Z] 28-4-25 (= MFA 28.1399, ornament), [E of G 7777] 28-4-53 (= MFA 28.1408, modern number 4)
Ptolemaic pottery: top row: [G 7792 A] 28-4-11, [G 7330-7340: G 7330 B II] 27-2-88, [street G 7500] 27-7-1, [G 7530-7540: G 7530 A] 27-6-10 (= MFA 27.2038), [G 7500 Pt XI] 28-4-193, [G 7690] 28-4-100; bottom row: [G 7792 A] 28-4-12, [G 7520 X I] 27-2-380, [G 7450 X I] 27-4-1054, [street G 7400] 27-3-576, [G 7792 A] 28-3-104, [G 7779 B II] 28-4-170
Blocks of limestone relief from door jamb of Iui from G 7690 K: 28-3-98 (= MFA 30.206.1 + MFA 30.206.2)
Cemetery G 7000 SE (S end of G 7690): G 7000 SE 25, G 7000 SE 37, G 7000 SE 42, G 7000 SE 41, looking W
Cemetery G 7000 SE, preliminary work S of G 7690, looking NNE
Cemetery G 7000 SE (area E of G 7690): G 7772, G 7773, G 7774, G 7775, G 7779, G 7781, G 7783, G 7784, G 7785, looking S
Cemetery G 7000 SE (area E of G 7690): G 7772, G 7773, G 7774, G 7775, G 7779, looking W
Cemetery G 7000 SE: SE extremity of excavations, G 7778, G 7779, G 7784, G 7788, G 7789, G 7690, looking N
Amulets: top row: [G 7524 b] 28-5-110 (= MFA 29.1672), [G 7777 W] 28-4-62 (= MFA 28.1413), [street G 7500 S] 28-5-202 (= MFA 29.1673), [G 7777 J] 28-4-91 (= MFA 28.1423), [G 7530-7540: G 7540] 28-4-179 (= MFA 29.1674), [street G 7500 S] 28-5-204 (= MFA 28.1525), [G 7550 B] 28-5-176 (= MFA 29.1675), [G 7530-7540: G 7540] 28-4-178 (= MFA 28.1452), [street G 7500 S] 28-5-205 (= MFA 29.1676), [G 7775] 28-4-129 (= MFA 29.1677), [street G 7300] 27-3-856 (= MFA 29.1678), [street G 7500] 27-4-1234 (= MFA 27.2014), [E of G 7690 X] 28-4-29 (= MFA 29.1679); second row: [G 7775] 28-4-137 (= MFA 28.1441), [G 7792 A] 28-4-16 (= MFA 28.1397), [G 7773] 28-4-145 (= MFA 29.1680), [street G 7500 S] 28-5-203 (= MFA 28.1524), [G 7691 a] 28-3-20 (= MFA 28.1371), [street G 7500 S] 28-5-217 (= MFA 28.1532), 28-5-135 (= MFA 28.1502), [stairs between G 7520 and G 7530-7540: G 7530] 28-4-159 (= MFA 28.1448), [G 7524 a] 28-5-62 (= MFA 28.1490), [G 7520 N] 28-5-90 (= MFA 29.1682, upper), [E of G 7777] 28-4-61 (= MFA 29.1681, lower), [S of G 7650] 28-5-14 (= MFA 28.1468, upper), [street G 7500] 28-4-182 (= MFA 28.1453, lower), [G 7775] 28-4-127 (= MFA 28.1434); third row: [street G 7400] 27-4-1273 (= MFA 27.2023), [G 7350 C] 28-4-39 (= MFA 28.1403), [G 7777 K I] 28-4-94 (= MFA 28.1424), [G 7775] 28-4-132 (= MFA 29.1683), [E of G 7777] 28-4-58 (= MFA 28.1412), [S of G 7774] 28-4-118 (= MFA 29.1684), [G 7524 a] 28-5-89 (= MFA 28.1494), [street G 7500 S] 28-5-99 (= MFA 29.1685), [street G 7500 S] 28-5-206 (= MFA 29.1686), [G 7775] 28-4-130 (= MFA 28.1435), [G 7777 W] 28-4-64 (= MFA 29.1687), [G 7775] 28-4-113 (= MFA 28.1429); bottom row: [G 7775] 28-4-138 (= MFA 28.1442), [S of G 7774] 28-4-119 (= MFA 28.1430), [G 7775] 28-4-136 (= MFA 28.1440), [G 7792 A] 28-3-118 (= MFA 28.1394), [G 7776] 28-4-86 (= MFA 29.1688), [G 7000 SE 17] 28-3-86 (= MFA 29.1689), [street G 7500] 28-4-220 (= MFA 28.1460), [G 7775] 28-4-133 (= MFA 28.1438), [G 7775] 28-4-131 (= MFA 28.1436), [street G 7500 S] 28-5-210 (= MFA 28.1529), [G 7775] 28-4-135 (= MFA 29.1690), [G 7350 C] 28-3-77 (= MFA 29.1691), [between G 7650 and G 7660] 28-5-5 (= MFA 29.1692), [street G 7500] 27-4-1235 (= MFA 27.2015)
Cemetery G 7000 SE (area between G 7560 and G 7690, S of G 7670): G 7560 exterior mud brick chapel (rooms b, c, d, e), G 7562, G 7563, G 7566, G 7567, G 7568, looking S
Cemetery G 7000 SE (area between G 7560 and G 7690, S of G 7670): G 7560 exterior mud brick chapel (rooms b, c, d, e), G 7563, G 7566, G 7567, looking S
Cemetery G 7000 SE (area between G 7560 and G 7690, S of G 7670): street G 7500 S, G 7569, G 7568, G 7566, G 7573, looking N
Cemetery G 7000 SE (area between G 7560 and G 7690, S of G 7670): G 7563, G 7567, G 7566, G 7568, G 7569, G 7571, G 7573, looking N

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.