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S 2517/2518

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 2517/2518

Details

  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 2517; S 2518; 1 unlabeled shaft; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is built against south wall of G 1362, west of S 2539/2541 and north of S 2497/2516. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on plans.

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. 152-154, figs. 68-69, pl. 13 [b], plan 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.