Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
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- Tomb Owner
- Ankh-haf (G 1234)
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Alternate Reisner No
- G 1231
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- Harpur Date
- Unis - Teti
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- PorterMoss Date
- Late Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- G 1234 A; G 1234 B; G 1234 Serdab
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- Remarks
- "Offering Room - Painted Decoration." N. de G. Davies paintings now in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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- HUMFA_34-10-23
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- HUMFA_34-8-5
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- HUMFA_34-8-6
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Headless limestone statue of man
- HM_6-19762
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Jewelry element: carnelian bead
- HUMFA_34-10-28a
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Jewelry element: steatite bead
- HUMFA_34-10-29a
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- ID HUMFA_EG020848
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- ID HUMFA_EG020831
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G 1234: relief from chapel, entrance, lintel
- ID HUMFA_EG020823
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G 1234: relief from court, entrance, E jamb
- ID HUMFA_EG020811
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G 1234: relief from drum lintel
- ID HUMFA_EG020810
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX_p211
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.25
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.27
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- ID: HUMFA_PL4
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- ID: HUMFA_PL5
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- ID: HUMFA_PL11
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- ID: HUMFA_PL15
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- ID: HUMFA_PL40
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- ID: HUMFA_PL75
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- ID: HUMFA_PL76
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- ID: HUMFA_PL85
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- ID: HUMFA_PL180
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- ID: HUMFA_PL181
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- ID: HUMFA_PL186
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- ID: HUMFA_PL188
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- ID: HUMFA_PL1015
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- ID: HUMFA_PL1016
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- ID: HUMFA_PL1020
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- ID: HUMFA_PL1021
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- ID: HUMFA_PL1030
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Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G78.
Manuelian, Peter Der. "On the Early History of Giza: The 'Lost' Wadi Cemetery (Giza Archives Gleanings, III)." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 95 (2009), pp. 118, 133, note 20, table 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. 60.
Schäfer, Principles of Egyptian Art, pl. 24.
Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press on behalf of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1946, p. 197.
Spiegelberg, Ausgewählte Kunst-Denkmaeler der Aegypyischen Sammlung, pl. 1(a).
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 1234. Architectural elements (court entrance lintel, drum lintel, door jambs) inscribed for Ankh-haf, identified as [sAb aD-mr pr-aA jmj-r xntjw-S pr-aA Sps nswt] judge and administrator of the Great House, overseer of palace attendants of the Great House, noble of the king; in situ in G 1231 (= G 1234).
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_EG000503
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan of cemetery G 1300 (N portion), G 1232 - 1234, G 1301 - 1305
ID: HUMFA_C10572P_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), entrance of offering chamber filled with stones by thieves who broke serdab, looking S (wider view than C10570)
ID: HUMFA_C12830_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234, G 1301
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): G 1231 (= G 1234), interior of N wall of court (NB: wall built over S end of G 1301), looking NNW to entrance
ID: HUMFA_C12831_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): G 1231 (= G 1234), corridor, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C12836_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1302, G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): G 1302, corridor chapel, looking SSW (G 1231 = G 1234, abutting E face of G 1233, background right)
ID: HUMFA_C12827_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1233, G 1302, G 1301, G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): space between G 1233 (to W), and G 1302 and G 1301 (to E), looking SSE to entrance of G 1231 (= G 1234) and beyond to Khafre pyramid
ID: HUMFA_C12828_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234, G 1301, G 1233
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): G 1231 (= G 1234), entrance of court with architrave inscribed for Ankh-haf in N end (NB: wall built over S end of G 1301), looking S along E face of G 1233 (to W) and W face of G 1301 (to E)
ID: HUMFA_C12829_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1301, G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): W face of G 1301, and N end of G 1231 (= G 1234) (NB: N wall of G 1234 built over S end of G 1301), looking ESE
ID: HUMFA_C11888_OS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1234, G 1171
Description: Small headless statue from G 1231 (= G 1234) (?) (front): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762; head of statue from E of G 1171 (?) (front): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19808
ID: HUMFA_C11889_OS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1234, G 1171
Description: Small headless statue from G 1231 (= G 1234) (?) (quarter view proper right): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762; head of statue from E of G 1171 (?) (quarter view proper right): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19808
ID: HUMFA_C11890_OS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1234, G 1171
Description: Small headless statue from G 1231 (= G 1234) (?) (profile proper right): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762; head of statue from E of G 1171 (?) (profile proper right): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19808
ID: HUMFA_C11894_OS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1025, G 1234
Description: Portions of two small limestone statues (front): [G 1025a A] Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19822; [G 1231 (= G 1234) (?)] Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762
ID: HUMFA_C11301_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234) A, extended burial (skeleton), looking __
ID: HUMFA_C12824_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1304, G 1303, G 1234, G 1233
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1304 (foreground) and N end of G 1303, looking SW to G 1231 (= G 1234) (abutting E face of G 1233)
ID: HUMFA_C12825_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1303, G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): NW corner of G 1303 and NE corner of G 1231 (= G 1234), looking SSW
ID: HUMFA_C12821_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1308, G 1303, G 1234, G 1233
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): G 1308 (foreground) and G 1303 (to N) and G 1231 (= G 1234) (abutting E face of G 1233) (to W), men at work, looking NW
ID: HUMFA_C12823_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1233, G 1234, G 1303
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): S end of G 1231 (= G 1234) (abutting E face of G 1233), and G 1303, mouths of row of pits G through M (to E), looking N
ID: HUMFA_C11191_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), stones from roof and wall as left by modern plunderers
ID: HUMFA_C11194_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1301, G 1302, G 1234, G 1233
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): G 1302, Nefer, and G 1301, Mernisut, looking SSW to G 1231 (= G 1234) (abutting E face of G 1233) (background right)
ID: HUMFA_C10576_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), roof of pit A, and broken serdab, looking SE
ID: HUMFA_C10577_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), niche built up in serdab, looking W
ID: HUMFA_C10578_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), niche built up in serdab, looking W (nearer view than C10577)
ID: HUMFA_C10579_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), niche built up in serdab, with floor of serdab, looking W
ID: HUMFA_C10570_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), entrance of offering chamber filled with stones by thieves who broke serdab, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C10571_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), entrance of offering chamber filled with stones by thieves who broke serdab, looking S (wider view than C10570)
ID: HUMFA_C10572_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), entrance of offering chamber filled with stones by thieves who broke serdab, looking S (wider view than C10570)
ID: HUMFA_C10573_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), entrance of court with architrave inscribed for Ankh-haf, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C10574_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), interior of N wall of court and entrance, looking NNW
ID: HUMFA_C10575_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), interior of N wall of court and entrance, looking NNW
ID: HUMFA_B12978_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1303, G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): G 1303 (foreground), G 1231 (= G 1234) (to W), looking SSW
ID: HUMFA_B12979_OS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1303, G 1234, G 1233, G 1304
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1223): G 1303, G 1231 (= G 1234) (abutting E face of G 1233) (to W), N end of G 1304 (foreground), looking SW
ID: HUMFA_B8785_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1102, G 1234, G 5563, G 2422, G 4516, G 4811+4812
Description: Jewelry elements: upper left (left): [G 1231 (= G 1234) B] 34-10-28a (= MFA 37.1329, cylinder bead), 34-10-29a (= MFA 37.1330, cylinder bead); upper left (right): [G 2422] 36-6-13 (= MFA 37.1333, amulet); middle left (left): [G 4811+4812: G 4811 B] 35-11-72 (three cylinder beads); middle left (right): [G 2347a A (= G 5563 A)] 35-10-30 (cylinder bead); bottom left: [G 1102 F] 35-1-27 (= MFA 37.1313, ring beads); right: [G 4516 C] 35-8-54 (a + c + d + f = MFA 37.1335, e = MFA 37.1328): top row: c) long cylinder beads; second row: b) short cylinder beads, a) ring beads; third row: f) two terminals, d) three spacers; bottom row: e) bell-shaped pendants
ID: HUMFA_B7485_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1302, G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200 (area E of G 1233): G 1302, Nefer, corridor chapel, inscribed architrave and relief (standing figures of Nefer and Khenut), looking SW to entrance of G 1231 (= G 1234) abutting E face of G 1233
ID: HUMFA_C13484_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1234
Description: Copper mirror from G 1231 (= G 1234) B: 34-8-5
ID: HUMFA_A6169_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), drum lintel inscribed for Ankh-haf over entrance of court, looking S
ID: HUMFA_A6191_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), entrance of court, E door jamb, inscription and relief (standing figure of Ankh-haf), looking ESE
ID: HUMFA_A6491_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), lintel inscribed for Ankh-haf over entrance of court, looking S
ID: HUMFA_A6492_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234), entrance of court, E door jamb, inscription and relief (standing figure of Ankh-haf), looking ESE
ID: HUMFA_A7225_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Cemetery G 1200: G 1231 (= G 1234) B, burial chamber, extended burial (skeleton, 34-10-23), looking W
ID: HM_6-19762_d1
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1231 (= G 1234)
Description: Small headless limestone statue from G 1231 (= G 1234) (?): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762
ID: HM_6-19762_d2
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1231 (= G 1234)
Description: Small headless limestone statue from G 1231 (= G 1234) (?): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762
ID: HM_6-19762_d3
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1231 (= G 1234)
Description: Small headless limestone statue from G 1231 (= G 1234) (?): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762
ID: HM_6-19762_d4
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1231 (= G 1234)
Description: Small headless limestone statue from G 1231 (= G 1234) (?): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762
ID: HM_6-19762_d5
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1231 (= G 1234)
Description: Small headless limestone statue from G 1231 (= G 1234) (?): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762
ID: HM_6-19762_d6
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1231 (= G 1234)
Description: Small headless limestone statue from G 1231 (= G 1234) (?): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762
ID: CBE_IV-106j
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1234
Description: Lintel and drum of Ankh-haf (owner of G 1234) over entrance to northern court, looking south
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