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S 2494/2514

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 2494 (S 2494/2514), S 2539/2541

Details

  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Site Type
    Stone+Brick-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 2494; S 2514; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is west of D 100 and east of S 2539/2541, built against north side of S 2490/24929. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on plans. Junker sometimes refers to these two shafts as separate structures.

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, pp. 135-138, figs. 62-63, pl. 13a-b, 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.

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.