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Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Ankhmare (G 7837+7843)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
    Service des Antiquités
  • Correct Double Mastaba No
    G 7837
    G 7843
  • Baer Date
    Dynasty 5 or later
  • PorterMoss Date
    Probably first half of Dynasty 5
  • Site Type
    Rock-cut tomb
  • Shafts
    G 7837 Chapel a; G 7843 Chapel b
  • Remarks
    Shafts not excavated or recorded.

Excavation Diary Pages 4

Maps & Plans 12

Drawings 9

Published Documents 3

Unpublished Documents 23

Full Bibliography

  • Kendall, Timothy. "An Unusual Rock-Cut Tomb at Giza." In William Kelly Simpson and Whitney M. David, eds. Studies in Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Sudan: Essays in Honor of Dows Dunham on the Occasion of his 90th Birthday, June 1, 1980. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1981, p. 104, n. 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. 206.

    Reisner, George A. "The Dog Which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 34, No. 206 (December 1936), p. 98, unnumbered fig. (bottom left).

    Simpson, William Kelly. "Topographical Notes on Giza Mastabas." In Manfred Görg and Edgar Pusch, eds. Festschrift Elmar Edel 12. März 1979. Ägypten und Altes Testament 1. Bamberg, 1979, pp. 494-495, fig. 3.

People 2

Ancient People

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.

Institutions 1

  • Service des Antiquités

    • Type Excavator
    • Remarks Egyptian antiquities service; precursor to Supreme Council of Antiquities.