Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2461'
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- Attested
- Mesi (near G 2461')
- Ptahshepses (near G 2461')
- Senedjemib (near G 2461')
- Tjeti (near G 2461')
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- G 2461' A
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- Remarks
- G 2461 is used twice by Reisner. This mastaba with only one shaft is called G 2461' to differentiate it from the other. This mastaba is west of G 2378, south of G 2429, and east of G 2423. The other mastaba is north of G 2186, west of G 2464, and south of G 2462.
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Fragments of limestone relief and offering stone
- HUMFA_12-12-208
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- HUMFA_36-11-43
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- Diary page dates 12/22/1912
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- Diary page dates 10/26/1936 through 11/01/1936
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- Diary page dates 11/01/1936
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- Diary page dates 11/14/1936; 11/15/1936
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- Diary page dates 11/15/1936; 11/16/1936
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- Diary page dates 11/16/1936; 11/17/1936; 11/18/1936;
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- Diary page dates 11/18/1936; 11/19/1936
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- Diary page dates 11/19/1936 through 11/25/1936
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- ID HUMFA_EG025721
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- ID HUMFA_EG025722
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- ID HUMFA_EG025723
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K10_ApxCemEch_IDX5
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K12_CemG2400_p125ae
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K12_CemG2400_p125ae0
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K12_CemG2400_contents
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K12_Senedjemib_p02
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Limestone offering stone (12-12-208) inscribed for Mesi, identified as [sS a nswt n xft-Hr pr-aA] royal document scribe of the Great House in the presence; found near G 2461'.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Name appears on fragment of block of inscription (12-12-208 = MFA 13.5987), identified as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; found displaced near G 2461'.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Name appears on limestone offering stone (12-12-208) inscribed for Mesi; Senedjemib identified as [rxt nswt Hm-nTr HwtHr] royal acquaintance, priestess of Hathor; found near G 2461'.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Name appears on limestone offering stone (12-12-208) inscribed for Mesi; Tjeti identified as [rxt nswt Hm-nTr HwtHr] royal acquaintance, priestess of Hathor; found near G 2461'.
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.
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2423, G 2424+2425, G 2426, G 2429, G 2461', G 2376, G 2377, G 2375, G 2417, G 2418, G 2414, G 2415, G 2422
Description: Cemetery G 2400 (area N of Senedjemib Complex): G 2423, and surrounding area, including G 2424+2425 (foreground), G 2426, G 2429, G 2461', G 2376 and G 2377, G 2375, G 2417, G 2418, G 2414, G 2415, G 2422, looking S
ID: HUMFA_A7696_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2423, G 2424+2425, G 2426, G 2429, G 2461', G 2376, G 2377, G 2375, G 2417, G 2418, G 2414, G 2415, G 2422
Description: Cemetery G 2400 (area N of Senedjemib Complex): G 2423, and surrounding area, including G 2424+2425 (foreground), G 2426, G 2429, G 2461', G 2376 and G 2377, G 2375, G 2417, G 2418, G 2414, G 2415, G 2422, looking S
ID: HUMFA_B1603_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2376, G 2377, G 2461'
Description: Senedjemib Complex: G 2376 and G 2377 (middle ground center), in corner formed by N wall of G 2374 and W wall of G 2378, area of G 2461' (N of G 2377), looking SSE
ID: HUMFA_B1604_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2461', G 2381, G 2382
Description: Offering stone and fragments of relief and inscription: left: fragment of relief and offering stone found near G 2461': fragment of relief = 12-12-208 (= MFA 13.5970), offering stone inscribed for Mesi = 12-12-208; right: fragment of inscription from G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs), originally from G 2381, Nekhebu: 13-1-547 (= MFA 13.4331.7, autobiographical inscription of Nekhebu)
ID: HUMFA_B1605_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2461', G 2381, G 2382
Description: Fragments of inscription and relief: left: two fitting fragments of relief found near G 2461': 12-12-208 (= MFA 13.5993.3 + MFA 13.5993.4); right: fragment of inscription (longer autobiographical inscription of Nekhebu) from G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs), originally from G 2381, Nekhebu: 13-1-548 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 44608)
ID: HUMFA_B1606_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2461'
Description: Fragment of limestone relief and fragment of inscription found near G 2461': left: 12-12-208 (= MFA 13.5987, vertical inscription with name Ptahshepses); right: 12-12-208 (= MFA 13.5993.1 + 13.5993.2, two fitting fragments)
ID: HUMFA_B1642_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2461', G 2381, G 2382
Description: Blocks of relief found near G 2461' and from G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs): left, top: [G 2382, originally from G 2381] 13-1-547 (= MFA 13.4331.2, autobiographical inscription of Nekhebu); left, bottom: [G 2382, originally from G 2381] 13-1-556_(alpha subset designation unknown = MFA 13.4340.3, displayed upside down); right: [near G 2461'] 12-12-208 (= MFA 13.5993.5)
ID: HUMFA_EG025721
Subjects: Drawings: G 2461': relief
Description: Drawing: Relief from G 2461': HUMFA_12-12-208 (= MFAB_13.5993.2 + MFAB_13.6993.3 + MFAB_13.5993.4)
ID: HUMFA_EG025722
Subjects: Drawings: G 2461': relief
Description: Drawing: Relief from G 2461': HUMFA_12-12-208 (= MFAB_13.5993.5)
ID: HUMFA_EG025723
Subjects: Drawings: G 2461': relief
Description: Drawing: Relief from G 2461': HUMFA_12-12-208 (= MFAB_13.5993.1)
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