Digital Giza | S 840

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Khentkaus, Tjena, G 5140, S 840

Excavator

Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
Site Type

Uncertain/destroyed
Shafts

S 840
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.
Problems/Questions

Problem; Where is this mastaba?

Plan 4: Western Cemetery of German-Austrian excavation concession (central strip, Cemetery en Echelon)

Junker, Hermann. Gîza 7. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Erster Teil. Bericht über die von der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien auf gemeinsame Kosten mit Dr. Wilhelm Pelizaeus unternommenen Grabungen auf dem Friedhof des Alten Reiches bei den Pyramiden von Giza. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 3. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1943.
- Date: 1944

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

Hermann Junker
- 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.