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G 1408+1409

Western Cemetery

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3 of 41 • Cemetery G 1400 (area W of G 1209): G 1408+1409 (abutting S end of G 1406), looking NE (G 1407, foreground left)
General plan of Western Cemetery
Plan of cemetery G 1400
Cemetery G 1400 (area W of G 1209): G 1408+1409 (abutting S end of G 1406), looking NE (G 1407, foreground left)
Cemetery G 1400 (area W of G 1209): G 1408+1409 (abutting S end of G 1406), looking EEN along S row of mastabas in cemetery G 1200 (G 1209, G 1207, G 1205, G 1203, G 1201) to G 2000 (= Lepsius 23)
Cemetery G 1400: G 1408+1409, chapel, looking W
Cemetery G 1400: joint between G 1408+1409 (to S) and G 1406 (to N), looking WNW
Cemetery G 1400: G 1408+1409, chapel, looking WNW
Cemetery G 1400: G 1408+1409, brick vault over niche, looking SW
Cemetery G 1400: G 1408+1409, looking SW from top of G 1209 (G 1406, foreground right)
Cemetery G 1400: G 1406, looking NW (G 1408+1409, foreground)
Cemetery G 1400: G 1408+1409, tablet in sand, looking __

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1406, G 1407, G 1408+1409, G 1209

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Ish[…] (G 1408+1409)
  • Attested
    Khentkaus(?) (in G 1408+1409)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Correct Double Mastaba No
    G 1408
    G 1409
  • Reisner Date
    Early Dynasty 5
  • Site Type
    Stone+Brick-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 1408 A; G 1408 B; G 1408 C; G 1408 D; G 1408 E; G 1408 F; G 1408 Serdab

Finds 7

Excavation Diary Pages 13

  • Vol.27.p.023

    • Diary page dates 02/23/1935; 02/24/1935

  • Vol.27.p.024

    • Diary page dates 02/24/1935; 03/01/1935; 03/02/1935; 03/03/1935

  • Vol.27.p.025

    • Diary page dates 03/03/1935; 03/04/1935; 03/05/1935; 03/06/1935

  • Vol.27.p.026

    • Diary page dates 03/06/1935; 03/07/1935; 03/08/1935

  • Vol.27.p.027

    • Diary page dates 03/08/1935 through 03/14/1935

  • Vol.27.p.028

    • Diary page dates 03/15/1935 through 03/23/1935

  • Vol.27.p.029

    • Diary page dates 03/24/1935; 03/25/1935; 03/26/1935; 03/27/1935; 03/28/1935

  • Vol.27.p.031

    • Diary page dates 03/29/1935; 03/30/1935; 03/31/1935; 04/01/1935

  • Vol.27.p.033

    • Diary page dates 04/04/1935; 04/05/1935

  • Vol.27.p.034

    • Diary page dates 04/05/1935; 04/06/1935; 04/07/1935

  • Vol.27.p.036

    • Diary page dates 04/11/1935; 04/12/1935; 04/13/1935

  • Vol.27.p.037

    • Diary page dates 04/13/1935; 04/14/1935; 04/15/1935; 04/16/1935; 04/17/1935

  • Vol.27.p.038

    • Diary page dates 04/17/1935

Maps & Plans 15

Published Documents 3

Unpublished Documents 37

Full Bibliography

  • Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G86.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Ish[…] (G 1408+1409)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Possible owner of G 1408+1409. Appears seated at offering table with wife Khentkaus(?) on worn false door tablet, identified as [rx nswt Hm-kA(?) wpwt(?) sm] royal acquaintance, ka-priest(?), messenger(?), sem-priest; found in G 1408+1409, chapel, displaced in front of south false door.

  • Khentkaus(?) (in G 1408+1409)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears seated at offering table with husband Ish[...] on worn false door tablet, identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; found in G 1408+1409, chapel, displaced in front of south false door.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • 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.