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S 4206

Western Cemetery

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3 of 4 • Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba S 4206 (foreground right), mastaba S 4208 (immediately to W), mastabas S 4207 and S 4196/4198 (to S of S 4208, middle ground center), looking SW to mastabas S 4200 and S 4201/4203 (background right) and N ends of mastabas S 4098/4185 and S 4005/4097 (background left), Lepsius 14 (far background center)
General plan of Western Cemetery
Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: Steindorff Cemetery (far Western Cemetery, central strip), published in H. Junker, Giza 5 and Giza 9
Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba S 4206 (foreground right), mastaba S 4208 (immediately to W), mastabas S 4207 and S 4196/4198 (to S of S 4208, middle ground center), looking SW to mastabas S 4200 and S 4201/4203 (background right) and N ends of mastabas S 4098/4185 and S 4005/4097 (background left), Lepsius 14 (far background center)
Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba S 4206 (foreground right), mastabas S 4207 and S 4196/4198 (to SW, middle ground), looking SW to mastabas S 4201/4203 and S 4190/4194 (background right) and N ends of mastabas S 4098/4185 and S 4005/4097 (background left), Lepsius 14 (far background center)

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 4206, S 4208, S 4207, S 4196/4198

Details

  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 4206
  • Remarks
    Mastaba, more mudbrick mound than mastaba, built off northeast corner fo S 4208 and west of S 4171/4187. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on plans.

Maps & Plans 2

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. 211-212, fig. 96, 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.