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G 1177

Western Cemetery

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24 of 43 • Cemetery G 1100: G 1177, two small uninscribed offering basins in front of two niches, looking W
Limestone standing statue of [GLYPHS] [kA.j-pw-ptH] Kapuptah, dedicated by "his sister of the funerary estate Hehi," from area of G 1174 / G 1177, debris (profile proper right): Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 37716
Cemetery G 1100: G 1177 D, door block
Cemetery G 1100: G 1177 D, burial (skeleton)
Cemetery G 1100, strip II: general view, area of G 1109 (center of image), looking SSW (area of G 1115 and G 1177, foreground center and right)
Cemetery G 1100: G 1177 F, burial chamber, remains of decayed wood coffin (35-8-1 + 35-8-31), looking S
Cemetery G 1100: G 1177 F, burial chamber, burial (skeleton, 35-8-30) after removing some boards from decayed wood coffin (35-8-1 + 35-8-31), remains of cloth wrappings (35-8-29) and wood (pillow) headrest in situ, looking S
Cemetery G 1100: G 1177, two small uninscribed offering basins in front of two niches, looking W
Cemetery G 1100: G 1177 F II, door block
duplicates: EG010404, EG011006
G 1177, Shaft A
G 1177, Shaft A, notes
G 1177, Shaft B

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1177

Details

  • Attested
    Hehi (near G 1174 / G 1177)
    Kapuptah (near G 1174 / G 1177)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Site Type
    Stone+Brick-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 1177 A; G 1177 B; G 1177 C; G 1177 D; G 1177 E; G 1177 F; G 1177 Y
  • Remarks
    Shafts A-F internal to mastaba. Intrusive Shaft Y to SE but there is a comment by Floroff that there is no trace of this shaft on the spot.

Finds 5

Excavation Diary Pages 5

  • Vol.27.p.066

    • Diary page dates 06/19/1935; 06/20/1935; 06/21/1935

  • Vol.27.p.067

    • Diary page dates 06/21/1935; 06/22/1935; 06/23/1935

  • Vol.27.p.089

    • Diary page dates 08/01/1935; 08/02/1935

  • Vol.27.p.092

    • Diary page dates 08/07/1935; 08/08/1935; 08/09/1935; 08/10/1935

  • Vol.27.p.093

    • Diary page dates 08/10/1935; 08/11/1935

Maps & Plans 15

Unpublished Documents 35

Full Bibliography

  • García, Juan Carlos Moreno. "A New Old Kingdom Inscription from Giza (CGC 57163), and the Problem of sn-Dt in Pharaonic Third Millennium Society." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 93 (2007), p. 123.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Hehi (near G 1174 / G 1177)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Name appears on limestone standing statue (Cairo JE 37716) inscribed for Kapuptah, dedicated by Hehi, identified as [snt=f Dt] his sister of the funerary estate; found in RR embankment in area of G 1174 / G 1177 (incorrectly attributed to G 1171 in Porter-Moss III, p. 56).

  • Kapuptah (near G 1174 / G 1177)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Limestone standing statue (Cairo JE 37716) inscribed for Kapuptah (dedicated by Hehi), identified as [jmj-xt sA(w)-pr(w)] under-supervisor of the police; found in RR embankment in area of G 1174 / G 1177 (incorrectly attributed to G 1171 in Porter-Moss III, p. 56).

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.