Digital Giza | G 1408+1409

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

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

Animal remains: ox bones
- HUMFA_35-4-31
Bones of human skeleton
- HUMFA_35-3-2
Bones of human skeleton
- HUMFA_35-3-4
Bones of human skeleton
- HUMFA_35-3-1
Bones of human skeleton
- HUMFA_35-4-30
Fragments of wood coffin
- HUMFA_35-3-3
Stone tool: flint knife
- HUMFA_35-4-18

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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 037
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K01_ChapIX_p037
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 037 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K02_ChapIX_p037
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 507
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K06_ChapXIIa_p507
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 507 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K07_ChapXIIb_p507
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 536
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K06_ChapXIIa_p536
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 536 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K07_ChapXIIb_p536
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 13: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects Continued, Page 627
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K07_ChapXIIIa_p627
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 13: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects Continued, Page 627 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K08_ChapXIIIb_p627
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix J: Cemeteries 1400, 3000, page 002
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L08_p002
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix J: Cemeteries 1400, 3000, page 014b
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L08_p014b
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix J: Cemeteries 1400, 3000, page 014f
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L08_p014f
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix J: Cemeteries 1400, 3000, page 014h
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L08_p014h
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix J: Cemeteries 1400, 3000, page 014n
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L08_p014n
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix J: Cemeteries 1400, 3000, page 022
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L08_p022
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix J: Cemeteries 1400, 3000, page 024
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L08_p024
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix J: Cemeteries 1400, 3000, page 025
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L08_p025
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix J: Cemeteries 1400, 3000, page 026
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L08_p026
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, [Chapter 17: Analytic Overview of] Cemetery G 1000–1600: [Part] 4: The Mastabas of Cemetery G 1000–1600 and Their Type Forms [Tomb Specific], page [Part] IV 008
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L02_ChapterIV_p008
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, [Chapter 17: Analytic Overview of] Cemetery G 1000–1600: [Part] 4: The Mastabas of Cemetery G 1000–1600 and Their Type Forms [Tomb Specific], page [Part] IV 022
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L02_ChapterIV_p022
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, [Chapter 17: Analytic Overview of] Cemetery G 1000–1600: [Part] 4: The Mastabas of Cemetery G 1000–1600 and Their Type Forms [Tomb Specific], page [Part] IV 023
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L02_ChapterIV_p023
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, [Chapter 17: Analytic Overview of] Cemetery G 1000–1600: [Part] 4: The Mastabas of Cemetery G 1000–1600 and Their Type Forms [Tomb Specific], page [Part] IV 031
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L02_ChapterIV_p031
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, [Chapter 17: Analytic Overview of] Cemetery G 1000–1600: [Part] 4: The Mastabas of Cemetery G 1000–1600 and Their Type Forms [Tomb Specific], page [Part] IV 052
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L02_ChapterIV_p052
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, [Chapter 17: Analytic Overview of] Cemetery G 1000–1600: [Part] 4: The Mastabas of Cemetery G 1000–1600 and Their Type Forms [Tomb Specific], page [Part] IV 061
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L02_ChapterIV_p061
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, [Chapter 17: Analytic Overview of] Cemetery G 1000–1600: [Part] 7: Chronology of Cemetery G 1000–1600, page [Part] VII 042
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L03_p042
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, [Chapter 17: Analytic Overview of] Cemetery G 1000–1600: [Part] 7: Chronology of Cemetery G 1000–1600, page [Part] VII 056
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L03_p056
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, [Chapter 17: Analytic Overview of] Cemetery G 1000–1600: [Part] 7: Chronology of Cemetery G 1000–1600, page [Part] VII 058
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L03_p058
G 1408+1409, Notes
- ID: HUMFA_EG011455
G 1408+1409, Shaft A
- ID: HUMFA_EG011447
G 1408+1409, Shaft B
- ID: HUMFA_EG011449
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL4
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL34
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL74
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL180
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL186
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL1015
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL1020
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL1029

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

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.