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S 2490/2492

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 2490/2492, S 2488/2489, S 2487, S 2536/2538, Sinefer

Details

  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 2490; S 2491; S 2492
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is west of D 100, built against north side of S 2488/2489 which is north of Sinefer. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on Junker Giza 9 plan 2 and plans EG002029, EG019918 & EG019919.

Maps & Plans 3

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • 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. 135, fig. 61, pl. 13a, plans 2-3 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 13.

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People 1

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.