Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5230, G 5222, G 5221, G 5228, G 5229, G 5232, G 5233, G 5330
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- Attested
- Ihy (G 5330)
- Memi (in G 5221)
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 5-6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- G 5221 A; G 5221 B
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- Remarks
- G 5221 is thought to belong to Memi. But based on obelisk fragment 14-11-158 (= MFA 21.958) inscribed for Ihy, tomb owner is uncertain.
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- HUMFA_14-12-18
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- HUMFA_14-12-17
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Copper tool: adze blade fragment
- HUMFA_14-12-19
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- HUMFA_14-12-8
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- HUMFA_14-12-9
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- HUMFA_14-12-10
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- HUMFA_14-12-11
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- HUMFA_14-12-12
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- HUMFA_14-12-38
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- HUMFA_14-12-39
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- HUMFA_14-12-13
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- HUMFA_14-12-14
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Fragments of copper vessels (?)
- HUMFA_14-12-40
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- HUMFA_14-12-41
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- HUMFA_39-12-3a
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- HUMFA_39-12-3b
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- HUMFA_39-12-3c
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- HUMFA_39-12-3d
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- HUMFA_14-12-54
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- HUMFA_14-11-158
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- HUMFA_39-12-3e
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- HUMFA_14-12-29
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- HUMFA_14-12-30
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- HUMFA_14-12-31
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- EMC_JE_46580
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- EMC_JE_46581
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Pottery jar with plaster stopper
- HUMFA_14-12-32
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Pottery jar with plaster stopper
- HUMFA_14-12-33
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Pottery jar with plaster stopper
- HUMFA_14-12-34
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Pottery jar with plaster stopper
- HUMFA_14-12-35
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Pottery jar with plaster stopper
- HUMFA_14-12-36
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- HUMFA_14-12-37
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Stone tool: fragments of granite hammers
- HUMFA_14-11-199
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- Diary page dates 11/29/1914; 11/30/1914
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- Diary page dates 11/30/1914; 12/01/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/01/1914; 12/02/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/02/1914; 12/03/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/04/1914; 12/05/1914; 12/06/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/06/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/10/1914; 12/11/1914; 12/12/1914; 12/13/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/18/1914; 12/19/1914; 12/20/1914; 12/21/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/28/1939; 12/28/1939
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- Diary page dates 12/28/1939; 12/29/1939
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- Diary page dates 12/29/1939
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G 5221, Shaft A, chamber: basin with flaring sides, copper
- ID HUMFA_EG024981
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G 5221, Shaft A: chisel, copper
- ID HUMFA_EG024235
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G 5221, Shaft A: model ewer, copper
- ID HUMFA_EG024958
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G 5221, Shaft B (mislabeled A): canopic jar and lid, limestone
- ID HUMFA_EG024240
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G 5221, Shaft B (mislabeled A): canopic jar and lid, limestone
- ID HUMFA_EG024241
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G 5221, Shaft B: canopic jar and lid, limestone
- ID HUMFA_EG024238
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G 5221, Shaft B: canopic jar, limestone
- ID HUMFA_EG024236
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- ID HUMFA_EG024237
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Objects, copper, from G 2381, Shaft A; G 4733, Shaft E; G 5221, Shaft A
- ID HUMFA_EG024982
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Pottery jars from G 2381, G 4140, G 4340, G 4512, G 5221, G 5223
- ID HUMFA_EG022163
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p038
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.03
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.30
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- ID: HUMFA_EG014572
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- ID: HUMFA_PL113
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- ID: HUMFA_PL192
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- ID: HUMFA_PL689
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- ID: HUMFA_PL690
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- ID: HUMFA_PL691
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- ID: HUMFA_PL700
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- ID: HUMFA_PL706
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- ID: HUMFA_PL730
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- ID: HUMFA_PL731
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- ID: HUMFA_PL801
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- ID: HUMFA_PL812
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- ID: HUMFA_PL845
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- ID: HUMFA_PL849
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- ID: HUMFA_PL870
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- ID: HUMFA_PL877
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- ID: HUMFA_PL930
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- ID: HUMFA_PL1502
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- ID: HUMFA_PL1503
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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, p. 155.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Owner of G 5330. False door inscribed for Ihy, identified as [Xrj-tp nswt jmj-r wpwt] royal chamberlain, overseer of commissions; in situ in G 5330. Two obelisks inscribed for Ihy (Berlin 1146, 14-11-158 = MFA 21.958); one found to left of false door (removed by Lepsius), other found in G 5221 chapel debris (behind G 5330).
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Possible owner of G 5221. Limestone lintel (14-12-54 = MFA 21.959) inscribed for Memi, identified as [Xrj-tp nswt pr-aA jmj-r pr n st jb nb=f] royal chamberlain of the Great House, steward of the wishes of his lord; found displaced in G 5221 A or B (pit in which lintel found not recorded).
Modern People
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- 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.
ID: HUMFA_D9_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5221, G 5211, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary black granite seated scribe statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef) from G 5221 A and G 5211 A and G 5230 S (= S serdab), originally from G 5230 (front): 14-12-7 (torso and base) + 14-12-82 (head) + 14-11-151 (fragment of back) (= MFA 21.931a-c)
ID: HUMFA_D10A_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5221, G 5211, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary black granite seated scribe statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef) from G 5221 A and G 5211 A and G 5230 S (= S serdab), originally from G 5230 (quarter view proper left): 14-12-7 (torso and base) + 14-12-82 (head) + 14-11-151 (fragment of back) (= MFA 21.931a-c)
ID: HUMFA_D11A_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5221, G 5211, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary black granite seated scribe statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef) from G 5221 A and G 5211 A and G 5230 S (= S serdab), originally from G 5230 (front): 14-12-7 (torso and base) + 14-12-82 (head) + 14-11-151 (fragment of back) (= MFA 21.931a-c)
ID: HUMFA_A2287_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5232, G 5221
Description: Two inscribed lintels (sunk relief inscriptions): top: [G 5221 A] 14-12-54 (= MFA 21.959, Memi); bottom: [G 5232 A] 14-11-148 (= MFA 21.957, Iteti)
ID: HUMFA_B2576_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5221, G 5211, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary black granite seated scribe statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef) from G 5221 A and G 5211 A and G 5230 S (= S serdab), originally from G 5230 (front): 14-12-7 (torso and base) + 14-12-82 (head) + 14-11-151 (fragment of back) (= MFA 21.931a-c)
ID: HUMFA_B2577_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5221, G 5211, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary black granite seated scribe statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef) from G 5221 A and G 5211 A and G 5230 S (= S serdab), originally from G 5230 (quarter view proper right): 14-12-7 (torso and base) + 14-12-82 (head) + 14-11-151 (fragment of back) (= MFA 21.931a-c)
ID: HUMFA_B2578_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5221, G 5211, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary black granite seated scribe statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef) from G 5221 A and G 5211 A and G 5230 S (= S serdab), originally from G 5230 (quarter view proper left): 14-12-7 (torso and base) + 14-12-82 (head) + 14-11-151 (fragment of back) (= MFA 21.931a-c)
ID: HUMFA_B2579_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5221, G 5211, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary black granite seated scribe statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef) from G 5221 A and G 5211 A and G 5230 S (= S serdab), originally from G 5230 (profile proper right): 14-12-7 (torso and base) + 14-12-82 (head) + 14-11-151 (fragment of back) (= MFA 21.931a-c)
ID: HUMFA_B3981_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5232, G 5221
Description: Pottery: jars: top row: [G 5232 A] 14-11-164 (= MFA 14.1722), [G 5221 A] 14-12-33 (= MFA 20.1932), 14-12-32 (= MFA 14.1744), 14-12-36 (= MFA 14.1746), 14-12-35 (= MFA 14.1745); bottom row: [G 5221 A] 14-12-30 (= MFA 14.1743), 14-12-29 (= MFA 20.1935), [G 5232 A] 14-11-159 (= MFA 20.1933), 14-11-163 (= MFA 20.1934)
ID: HUMFA_C6900_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5221, G 5330
Description: Limestone obelisk inscribed for [GLYPHS] Ihy found in G 5221 chapel debris, originally from G 5330 (= Lepsius 41): 14-11-158 (= MFA 21.958)
ID: HUMFA_C6494_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5230, G 5221, G 5228, G 5229
Description: Cemetery G 5000: area between G 5230 (= Lepsius 40) S chapel (serdab) and G 5221, pits of G 5228 and G 5229, looking NNW
ID: HUMFA_C6495_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5230, G 5221, G 5228, G 5229
Description: Cemetery G 5000: area between G 5230 (= Lepsius 40) S chapel (serdab) and G 5221, pits of G 5228 and G 5229, looking N
ID: HUMFA_C6504_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5221
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5221 A, plundered burial chamber, looking SW
ID: HUMFA_C6505_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5221, G 5230
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5221 A, burial chamber, lower portion of seated scribe statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef) (14-12-7 = MFA 21.931a-c, originally from G 5230) in situ in entrance, looking SW
ID: HUMFA_C6507_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5221
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5221 A, burial chamber, copper ewer and basin (14-12-18 = MFA 14.1741, 14-12-17) in situ, looking SW
ID: HUMFA_C6508_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5221
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5221 A, burial chamber, pottery vessels (including 14-12-32 = MFA 14.1744, 14-12-33 = MFA 20.1932, 14-12-34, 14-12-35, 14-12-36 = MFA 14.1746) at entrance, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C6884_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5230, G 5222, G 5221, G 5228, G 5229, G 5232, G 5233, G 5330
Description: Cemetery G 5000: area E of G 5230 (= Lepsius 40) chapels (serdabs), G 5222, G 5221, G 5228, G 5229, G 5232, G 5233, and G 5330 (= Lepsius 41) (middle ground right), looking N
ID: HUMFA_C9341_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5221
Description: Copper tools from G 5221 A (eight pieces): 14-12-8, 14-12-9, 14-12-10, 14-12-11, 14-12-12, 14-12-13 (fragment), 14-12-38, 14-12-39, __-__-__ (order of display unknown)
ID: HUMFA_C14388_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5221
Description: Four limestone canopic jars with lids, and plaster jar stopper from G 5221 B: 39-12-3 (objects mislabeled 39-12-28)
ID: HUMFA_EG016139
Subjects: Maps and plans: Sketch plan of G 5221, G 5228, G 5229, G 5232, G 5233, G 5330, with position of G 5230 SS (S serdab)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: G 5221
Description: Limestone lintel of Memi found in G 5221 A: HUMFA_14-12-54 (= MFAB_21.959)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: G 5221
Description: Limestone lintel of Memi found in G 5221 A: HUMFA_14-12-54 (= MFAB_21.959)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: G 5221
Description: Limestone lintel of Memi found in G 5221 A: HUMFA_14-12-54 (= MFAB_21.959)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: G 5221
Description: Limestone lintel of Memi found in G 5221 A: HUMFA_14-12-54 (= MFAB_21.959)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: G 5221
Description: Limestone lintel of Memi found in G 5221 A: HUMFA_14-12-54 (= MFAB_21.959)
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