Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
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- Tomb Owner
- Akhethetep (G 1208)
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- Attested
- Meretites (in G 1208)
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- PorterMoss Date
- Middle Dynasty 5 or later
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- Baer Date
- Mid -Dynasty 5 or later
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- G 1208 A; G 1208 B; G 1208 C; G 1208 D; G 1208 E; G 1208 F; G 1208 G; G 1208 H
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- HUMFA_35-1-7
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- HUMFA_35-5-9
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- HUMFA_35-5-10
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- HUMFA_35-5-11
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- HUMFA_35-5-12
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- HUMFA_35-5-16
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- HUMFA_35-5-17
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- HUMFA_35-5-13
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- HUMFA_35-5-15
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- HUMFA_35-5-18
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- HUMFA_35-5-19
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- HUMFA_35-5-14
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- HUMFA_35-5-20
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- HUMFA_35-1-1
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- Diary page dates 01/01/1935; 01/02/1935; 01/03/1935; 01/04/1935; 01/05/1935
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- Diary page dates 01/06/1935; 01/07/1935; 01/08/1935; 01/09/1935
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- Diary page dates 01/10/1935; 01/11/1935
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- Diary page dates 04/26/1935; 04/27/1935; 04/28/1935; 04/29/1935; 04/30/1935
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- Diary page dates 05/01/1935 through 05/09/1935
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- Diary page dates 05/13/1935; 05/14/1935; 05/15/1935; 05/16/1935
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- Diary page dates 05/16/1935; 05/17/1935
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- Diary page dates 05/17/1935; 05/18/1935
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- ID HUMFA_EG023815
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- ID HUMFA_EG023761
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G 1208: relief from drum lintel
- ID HUMFA_EG020842
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX_p209
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX_p216
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L04_G1000TombPlans_p005
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L04_G1000TombPlans_p006
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.27
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- ID: HUMFA_EG011078
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- ID: HUMFA_EG011080
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- ID: HUMFA_EG011082
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- ID: HUMFA_EG011085
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- ID: HUMFA_EG011088
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- ID: HUMFA_EG011091
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- ID: HUMFA_EG011094
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- ID: HUMFA_PL3
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- ID: HUMFA_PL4
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- ID: HUMFA_PL33
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- ID: HUMFA_PL35
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- ID: HUMFA_PL73
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- ID: HUMFA_PL77
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- ID: HUMFA_PL157
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- ID: HUMFA_PL165
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- ID: HUMFA_PL180
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- ID: HUMFA_PL186
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- ID: HUMFA_PL536
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- ID: HUMFA_PL539
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- ID: HUMFA_PL1015
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- ID: HUMFA_PL1020
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- ID: HUMFA_PL1029
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Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G73.
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. 58.
Reisner, George A. "Report on the Egyptian Expedition during 1934-35." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 33, No. 199 (October 1935), p. 73.
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, fig. 159.
Woods, Alexandra. "Contribution to a Controversy: A Date For the Tomb of kA(=j)-m-anx at Giza." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 95 (2009), p. 162, note 11.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 1208. Chapel entrance drum lintel inscribed for Meretites and Akhethetep, identified as [rx nswt wab nswt sHD Hmw-nTr xwfw jmj-r mSa jmj-r Axt-xwfw xrp jmjw sA] royal acquaintance, royal wab-priest, inspector of priests of Khufu, expedition leader, overseer of the pyramid of Khufu, director of members of a phyle; in situ in G 1208.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Akhethetep (owner of G 1208). Chapel entrance drum lintel inscribed for Akhethetep and Meretites; Meretites identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in G 1208.
Modern People
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- 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.
ID: HUMFA_C12756P_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: entrance in N end of G 1208 (abutting W face of G 1207), looking SSE (G 1209 to W)
ID: HUMFA_C12481_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208 D, burial (skeleton)
ID: HUMFA_C12482_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208 D, burial (skeleton)
ID: HUMFA_C12483_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208 G, blocking of inner chamber
ID: HUMFA_C12922_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1209, G 1208, G 1207
Description: Cemetery G 1200: N ends of G 1209, G 1208 (abutting W face of G 1207), and G 1207, looking SE
ID: HUMFA_C12756_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: entrance in N end of G 1208 (abutting W face of G 1207), looking SSE (G 1209 to W)
ID: HUMFA_C12757_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: entrance in N end of G 1208 (abutting W face of G 1207), looking S (G 1209 to W)
ID: HUMFA_C12758_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: entrance in N end of G 1208 (abutting W face of G 1207), looking SSE (G 1209 to W)
ID: HUMFA_C12759_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208, G 1214, G 1213, G 1212, G 1209
Description: Cemetery G 1200: entrance in N end of G 1208 (abutting W face of G 1207), looking SSW (G 1209 to W, G 1214, G 1213, G 1212, foreground)
ID: HUMFA_C12760_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1209, G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1209, mud brick chapel, and G 1208 (abutting W face of G 1207), looking NNW
ID: HUMFA_C12761_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1209, G 1208, G 1207
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1209, mud brick chapel, and G 1208 (abutting W face of G 1207), looking N
ID: HUMFA_C12762_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208 (abutting W face of G 1207), S annex, looking NE
ID: HUMFA_C12763_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208, interior of S annex, entrance of mastaba, looking N
ID: HUMFA_C12764_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208, G 1209
Description: Cemetery G 1200: space between G 1208 and G 1209, looking N
ID: HUMFA_C11172_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208 D, fragments of statues in situ in sand of pit
ID: HUMFA_C11173_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208 D, fragments of statues in situ in sand of pit
ID: HUMFA_C11174_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208 D, fragments of statues in situ in sand of pit
ID: HUMFA_C11107_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1209, G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1209, mud brick chapel, looking S along E face of mastaba (to W), and W face of G 1208 (to E)
ID: HUMFA_C11108_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208, G 1209
Description: Cemetery G 1200: N end of G 1208, built against (abutting) mud brick chapel of G 1209, looking N
ID: HUMFA_C11109_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208, mud plaster in front of entrance on S, looking N
ID: HUMFA_C11111_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1209, G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1209, mud brick chapel, looking S along E face of mastaba (to W), and W face of G 1208 (to E)
ID: HUMFA_C11114_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1209, G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1209, mud brick chapel, looking S along E face of mastaba (to W), and W face of G 1208 (to E)
ID: HUMFA_C11115_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1209, G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1209, mud brick chapel, looking S along E face of mastaba (to W), and W face of G 1208 (to E)
ID: HUMFA_C10525_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208, debris over sand, view from G 1209
ID: HUMFA_C10526_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208, debris over sand, looking S from G 1209
ID: HUMFA_C10527_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208, debris over sand, looking S from G 1209
ID: HUMFA_C10528_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208, roof of S offering room
ID: HUMFA_C10529_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208, roof of S offering room
ID: HUMFA_C10530_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208, sand in entrance of corridor
ID: HUMFA_C10531_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208, corridor
ID: HUMFA_C10532_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208, N end of corridor, broken roof
ID: HUMFA_B11051_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1209, G 1208, G 1207
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1209, mud brick chapel, and G 1208 abutting W face of G 1207, cleared, looking NNW
ID: HUMFA_B11052_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208, G 1209, G 1207
Description: Cemetery G 1200: street between G 1209 (to W) and G 1207 (to E), mud brick chapel of G 1209 (foreground left), and G 1208 abutting W face of G 1207, cleared, looking N.
ID: HUMFA_B11048_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208, G 1209, G 1207
Description: Cemetery G 1200: street between G 1209 (to W) and G 1207 (to E), mud brick chapel of G 1209 (foreground left), and G 1208 abutting W face of G 1207, level of decay, looking N
ID: HUMFA_B11050_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1209, G 1208, G 1207
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1209, mud brick chapel, and G 1208 abutting W face of G 1207, level of decay, looking NW
ID: HUMFA_B8468_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1208
Description: Twenty-seven copper model tools from G 1208 B II: top row: 35-5-18 (five of nineteen tools), 35-5-19 (eight tools); bottom row: 35-5-18 (fourteen of nineteen tools) (see also A7280; for selection of tools from both photos see C13467)
ID: HUMFA_C13687_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4811+4812, G 1208, G 1226, G 2381, G 1158
Description: Alabaster model vessles and headrest: top row: [G 4811+4812: G 4811 B] 35-11-68 (fifteen of fifty-five dishes); second row: [G 4811+4812: G 4811 B] 35-11-68 (thirteen of fifty-five dishes); third row: [G 4811+4812: G 4811 B] 35-11-68 (twelve of fifty-five dishes); fourth row: [G 4811+4812: G 4811 B] 35-11-68 (twelve of fifty-five dishes); fifth row: [G 1208 B] 35-1-7a (dish), 35-1-7b (dish), 35-1-7c (dish), 35-1-7d (dish), [G 1226 C] 34-12-24 (dish); bottom row: [G 2381 X] 35-7-12 (incomplete dish), [G 1158] 35-1-15 (boring core), [] __-__-__ (jar), [] __-__-__ (jar), [] __-__-__ (jar), [G 4811+4812: G 4811 B] 35-11-67 (= MFA 37.1334a-c, headrest), 35-11-70 (jar), 35-11-69 (cylinder jar), 35-11-68 (three of fifty-five dishes)
ID: HUMFA_C13482_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1208
Description: Alabaster model offering vessels from G 1208 B II: top row: 35-5-9 (twelve of thirty-eight dishes); second row: 35-5-9 (eleven of thirty-eight dishes); third row: 35-5-9 (nine of thirty-eight dishes); bottom row: 35-5-9 (three of thirty-eight dishes), 35-5-10 (jar), 35-5-12 (jar), 35-5-11 (jar), 35-5-9 (three of thirty-eight dishes)
ID: HUMFA_C13467_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1208
Description: Copper tools from G 1208 B II (selection from A7280 and B8465): 35-5-14 (one of nine), 35-5-15 (one of nine), 35-5-16 (one of seven), 35-5-17 (one of nine), 35-5-18 (one of nineteen), 35-5-19 (one of eight), 35-5-13 (one of seven)
ID: HUMFA_A6190_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208, Akhethetep, chapel, drum lintel inscribed for Akhethetep and Meretites over entrance, looking S
ID: HUMFA_A7276_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1208
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1208 B, burial chamber, rock-cut coffin
ID: HUMFA_A7280_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1208
Description: Forty-one copper model tools from G 1208 B II: top row: 35-5-17 (nine tools), 35-5-16 (seven tools); middle row: 35-5-14 (nine tools), 35-5-15 (nine tools); bottom row: 35-5-13 (seven tools) (see also B 8468, for selection of tools from both photos see C13467)
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