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GW 38

Wadi Cemetery (Reisner; north of W. Cem)

Details

  • Attested
    Ihi (in GW 38)
    Ikhi (in GW 38)
    Inti (in GW 38)
    Nebu (in GW 38)
    Pepi (in GW 38)
    Redines (in GW 38)
    Senti (in GW 38)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba

Finds 1

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Manuelian, Peter Der. "On the Early History of Giza: The 'Lost' Wadi Cemetery (Giza Archives Gleanings, III)." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 95 (2009), pp. 118, 120, 124, 133, figs. 3, 17, 39, table 1.

People 8

Ancient People

  • Ihi (in GW 38)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Nebu (one of a group labeled [msw=f] his children). Name appears on limestone offering niche lintel (MFA APP.1921.1) inscribed for Nebu; found displaced at east face of GW 38.

  • Ikhi (in GW 38)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Nebu (one of a group labeled [msw=f] his children). Name appears on limestone offering niche lintel (MFA APP.1921.1) inscribed for Nebu; found displaced at east face of GW 38. Possibly same individual as owner of offering basin found in situ in unnumbered Wadi Cemetery tomb.

  • Inti (in GW 38)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Probable wife of Nebu. Name appears on limestone offering niche lintel (MFA APP.1921.1) inscribed for Nebu, identified as [mjtrt] mitret; found displaced at east face of GW 38.

  • Nebu (in GW 38)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Limestone offering niche lintel (MFA APP.1921.1) inscribed for Nebu (name means "the swimmer"), identified as [rtHtjj] baker; found displaced at east face of GW 38.

  • Pepi (in GW 38)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter of Nebu (one of a group labeled [msw=f] his children). Name appears on limestone offering niche lintel (MFA APP.1921.1) inscribed for Nebu; found displaced at east face of GW 38.

  • Redines (in GW 38)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Nebu (one of a group labeled [msw=f] his children). Name appears on limestone offering niche lintel (MFA APP.1921.1) inscribed for Nebu; found displaced at east face of GW 38.

  • Senti (in GW 38)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter of Nebu (one of a group labeled [msw=f] his children). Name appears on limestone offering niche lintel (MFA APP.1921.1) inscribed for Nebu; found displaced at east face of GW 38.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.