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  • Excavator
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Other No
    G 3040
  • Reisner Date
    Mycerinus or Shepseskaf
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 1451 A; G 1451 B
  • Remarks
    Fisher excavated only the facade and called this G 3040. Reisner excavated rest of mastaba and called it G 1451.

Finds 9

Excavation Diary Pages 9

Maps & Plans 12

Drawings 22

Published Documents 2

Unpublished Documents 65

Full Bibliography

  • Fisher, Clarence S. The Minor Cemetery at Giza. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1924, pp. 125-126, fig. 119.

    Lacovara, Peter. "A Rishi Coffin from Giza and the Development of This Type of Mummy Case." In Zahi Hawass and Janet Richards, eds. The Archaeology and Art of Ancient Egypt. Essays in Honor of David B. O'Connor, Vol. II. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, Cahier no. 36. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2007, pp. 33-34.

    Reisner, George A. "Report on the Egyptian Expedition during 1934-35." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 33, No. 199 (October 1935), pp. 72-73, figs. 4-5.

People 2

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1876–1941
    • Remarks Archaeologist and architect. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
  • 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.