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G 7711

Eastern Cemetery

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7711, G 7710, Lepsius 71, Sensnefru

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Khnumdjedef (G 7711)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Alternate Reisner No
    G 7711a
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5-6
  • Site Type
    Rock-cut tomb
  • Shafts
    G 7711 A; G 7711a Chapel
  • Remarks
    G 7711 is east of G 7710 but extending northwards. G 7711a is a rock-cut chapel on the east side of G 7711. Name Khnumdjedef associated with G 7711a. Reisner was uncertain if G 7711 and G 7711a represented a single mastaba or whether they just happened to be side-by-side.

Excavation Diary Pages 1

  • Vol.36.p.1005

    • Diary page dates 05/29/1940; 05/30/1940; 05/31/1940

Maps & Plans 7

Drawings 3

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 8

Full Bibliography

  • 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, plan 18.

    Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box M3, Description of Cemetery G 7000, pp. 438e-438f.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Khnumdjedef (G 7711)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 7711. Entrance drum lintel and southern false door inscribed for Khnumdjedef, identified as [sA nswt wr mDw Sma jmj-r kAt nswt rx nswt] king's son, great one of the tens of Upper Egypt, overseer of royal works, royal acquaintance; in situ in G 7711.

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.