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S 4072/4074

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 4072/4074

Details

  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 4072; S 4073; S 4074; chapel; serdab = S 4255
  • Remarks
    Mastaba built against south end of Khnumhetep [II], west of Shetwi. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on plans. It appears that S 4225 = serdab for this mastaba since marker for S 4255 shown in photo AEOS_II_307 is sitting on wall of serdab.

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 5

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. 199-201, fig. 91, plan 3 after pl. 20.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G315.

    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.