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MQ 134

Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

Menkaure quarry cemetery: Site: Giza; View: MQ 134

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Maatptah (MQ 134)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Site Type
    Rock-cut tomb

Excavation Diary Pages 4

Maps & Plans 1

People 2

Ancient People

  • Maatptah (MQ 134)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of MQ 134. False door inscribed for Maatptah (name uncertain), identified as [Hm-nTr MnkAwra wab pr-aA jmj-r ba pr-aA] priest of Menkaure, wab-priest in the Great House, overseer of unguent(?) in the Great House; in situ in Menkaure quarry cemetery MQ 134.

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.