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General plan of Western Cemetery
Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: Steindorff Cemetery (far Western Cemetery, central strip), published in H. Junker, Giza 9
Maps and plans: General plan of Western Cemetery
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 4543; S 4546; S 4553; S 4555; S 4556; S 4556; S 4557; S 4561; S 4562; S 4572; chapel
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is east of D 97 and north of D 32. 10 shafts are included in this mastaba whose structure was mostly destroyed. Junker uses S 4556 twice in this area. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on Junker's Giza 9 plan 2, Porter-Moss's plan XIV and Steindorff's plan EG019919.
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 9. Das Mittelfeld des Westfriedhofs. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 73, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1950, p. 107, fig. 45, plan 2 after pl. 20.
Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, plan 14 (drawn but not labeled).
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.
