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Menkaure quarry mastaba D

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Serehu (MQ 120)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Site Type
    Rock-cut tomb

Excavation Diary Pages 7

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 1

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. 294 (misidentified as MQ 2).

People 2

Ancient People

  • Serehu (MQ 120)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of MQ 120. Chapel entrance lintel inscribed for Serehu, identified as [rx nswt sHd wabw Hrj-sStA nTrj-MnkAwra jmj-r DADAt nTrj-MnkAwra] royal acquaintance, inspector of wab-priests, secretary of the pyramid of Menkaure, overseer of the jury of the pyramid of Menkaure; in situ in Menkaure quarry cemetery MQ 120.

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.