Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Khentkaus, Tjena, G 5140, S 840
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Site Type
- Uncertain/destroyed
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- Shafts
- S 840
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- Remarks
- Mastaba was built against east wall of G 5140 and north wall of Kentkaus. Superstructure was completely quarried away, leaving two shafts, of which only S 840 was labeled by Junker.
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- Problems/Questions
- Problem; Where is this mastaba?
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 7. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Erster Teil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 3. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1944, p. 67, fig. 28, plan after pl. 40.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
- Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
ID: HUMFA_EG019921
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 4: Western Cemetery of German-Austrian Excavation Concession (Central Strip - Cemetery en Echelon)
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: Western Cemetery, central strip, easternmost tombs (Cemetery en Echelon), published in H. Junker, Giza vols. 3, 7, 8
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5725
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Khentkaus, Tjena, G 5140, S 840
Description: Cemetery G 5000: mastaba of Khentkaus (abutting E face of G 5140) with mastaba of Tjena (abutting NE corner of Khentkaus) (foreground left) and mastaba S 840 (abutting E face of G 5140 N of Khentkaus), unnumbered mastaba (immediately to N of Tjena), and two unnumbered mastabas (to E, fore- and middle ground right), looking N