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G 5050

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Hetepi (1), G 5040, G 5050

Details

  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 885; S 885a; 45 intrusive shafts
  • Remarks
    Mastaba drawn but not labeled on Porter-Moss plan XVI. Mastaba is surrounded by intrusive shafts from south to north: S 891, S 893, S 894, S 894a-e, S 895, S 895a-b, S 910, S 910a, S 912, S 914, S 914a-c, S 918, S 935, S 935a, S 936, S 936a-g, S 939, S 939a, S 940, S 949 S 949a, S 953, S 955, S 955a.

Excavation Diary Pages 1

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 2

Unpublished Documents 11

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 7. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Erster Teil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 3. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1944, pp. 28-32, figs. 1, 9-10, pls. 7-8, plan after pl. 40.

    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 16.

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.