Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
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- Tomb Owner
- Khemetnu (G 5210)
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- Attested
- Hetepheres II (G 7110-7120)
- Kawab (G 7110-7120)
- Meresankh III (G 7530-7540)
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- Excavator
- (Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884
- François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette, French, 1821–1881
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Lepsius No
- LG 43
- L.43
- Lepsius 43
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- PorterMoss Date
- Khufu to end of Dyn 4 or early 5
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- Baer Date
- End Dyn 4 - beginning of Dyn 5
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- G 5210 Serdab 1; G 5210 Serdab 2; G 5210 Chapel a; G 5210 Chapel b; G 5210 A; G 5210 X; G 5210 Y
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- HUMFA_14-12-28
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- HUMFA_14-12-42
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- HUMFA_14-11-13
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Fragment of alabaster royal statue
- HUMFA_14-12-20
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- HUMFA_14-11-2
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- HUMFA_14-12-21
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- HUMFA_14-11-1
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Fragment of red granite statue
- HUMFA_14-12-27
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Fragments of alabaster statues
- HUMFA_14-12-24
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Fragments of alabaster statues
- HUMFA_14-12-25
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Fragments of alabaster statues
- HUMFA_14-12-26
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Jewelry element: faience beads
- HUMFA_14-12-22
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- HUMFA_14-12-43
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- HUMFA_14-12-44
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- HUMFA_14-12-23
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- HUMFA_14-12-53
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- Diary page dates 11/06/1914
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- Diary page dates 11/06/1914; 11/07/1914
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- Diary page dates 11/08/1914; 11/09/1914; 11/10/1914
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- Diary page dates 11/11/1914
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- Diary page dates 11/11/1914; 11/12/1914
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- Diary page dates 11/17/1914
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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 12/06/1914; 12/07/1914; 12/08/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/09/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/10/1914
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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 12/13/1914; 12/14/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/14/1914; 12/15/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/16/1914; 12/17/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/17/1914; 12/18/1914
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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 12/22/1914; 12/23/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/23/1914; 12/24/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/25/1914; 12/26/1914; 12/27/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/28/1914; 12/29/1914; 12/30/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/31/1914
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- Diary page dates 01/05/1915; 01/06/1915
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- Diary page dates 12/19/1924
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- Diary page dates 01/03/1925
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- Diary page dates 08/17/1936; 08/18/1936; 08/19/1936; 08/20/1936
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- Diary page dates 05/07/1939; 05/08/1939
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- Diary page dates 05/08/1939; 05/09/1939; 05/10/1939
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- Diary page dates 05/10/1939; 05/11/1939; 05/12/1939
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- Diary page dates 12/27/1939
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- ID HUMFA_EG021432
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G 5210 (= Lepsius 43): relief from E face
- ID HUMFA_EG025528
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G 5210: fragments, limestone, from E of tomb
- ID HUMFA_EG024267
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- ID HUMFA_EG020228
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G 5210: inscription from E face
- ID HUMFA_EG020189
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G 5210: inscription from S face (reconstructed)
- ID HUMFA_EG020188
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- ID HUMFA_EG022189
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- ID HUMFA_EG024032
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- ID HUMFA_EG020147
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- ID HUMFA_EG020139
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G 5210: relief from chapel, S room, E wall
- ID HUMFA_EG020227
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G 5210: relief from chapel, S room, E wall
- ID HUMFA_EG020229
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Royal statuette fragments from G 5210, G 5220, G 5230
- ID HUMFA_EG022400
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p031
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p035
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p036
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p046
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p048
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p051
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_mastabas2
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_G5210_p01
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_G5210_p02
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.03
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Notes regarding G 2352, G 5210
- ID: HUMFA_EG020138
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- ID: HUMFA_PL113
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- ID: HUMFA_PL192
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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_PL877
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- ID: HUMFA_PL930
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Baud, Michel. "La tombe de la reine-mère xa-mrr-Nbtj Ire." Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 95 (1995), p. 13.
Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G209-G209a.
Lepsius, Carl Richard. Denkmäler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien. Plates 2, Band 3 [Giza plates only]. Berlin: Nicolaische Buchhandlung, 1849-1859, pl. 26 [a-e].
Lepsius, Carl Richard. Denkmäler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien. Text 1: Unteraegypten und Memphis [Giza pages only]. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1897, pp. 69-70.
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.
Smith, William Stevenson. "The Old Kingdom Linen List." Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 71 (1935), p. 141.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Original owner of G 7110, along with Kawab (owner of G 7120). Appears with her daughter Meresankh III in G 7530-7540 (east and west walls, main room), and in pair statue MFA 30.1456 (= 27-4-963 + 27-4-964 + 27-4-965). Later married to a king, possibly Djedefre (Radjedef) according to Reisner, but Khafre is also a possibility. Her association with G 7350, and its sarcophagus is uncertain. Also mentioned in tomb of her steward Khemetnu (owner of G 5210).
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Owner of G 7120, along with Hetepheres [II] (original owner of G 7110). Son of Khufu and Meretites [I]. Appears in chapel relief in tomb of his daughter Meresankh III (owner of G 7530-7540), main room (east wall), identified as [jrj-pat sA nswt smsw n Xt=f Xrj-Hb Hrj-tp xrp jAwt nTrt aA dwAw] hereditary prince, king's eldest son of his body, chief lector-priest, director of divine offices, assistant of (the god) Duau; in situ in G 7530-7540). Also mentioned in tomb of his steward Khemetnu (owner of G 5210).
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 5210. Architectural element (frieze-text, including back side of one block also inscribed for Khemetnu) and upper lintels of north and south niches (south niche also includes tablet and cross-bar = lower lintel) inscribed for Khemetnu, identified as [rx nswt jmj-r Hmw-kA wab nswt Hm-nTr xwfw jmj-r pr n jrj-pat sa nswt kAwab jmj-r pr n wrt Hzt sAt nswt mrsanx jmj-r pr n (sAt?)- nswt ... HtpHrs] royal acquaintance, overseer of ka-priests, royal wab-priest, priest of Khufu, steward of the hereditary prince, king's son Kawab, steward of "Great-of-Praise", king's daughter Meresankh, steward of the king's daughter ... Hetepheres; in situ in G 5210. Also appears chapel relief in tomb of Meresankh III (owner of G 7530-7540: G 7530), chapel entrance south door jamb, and room a (= main room), west wall (panel of relief south of false door) with same titles.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Owner of G 7530-7540.Granddaughter of King Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid, and wife of either Khafre or Menkaure. Her unique underground chapel (labeled G 7530-7540) preserves beautifully carved and painted scenes of the queen and her royal family, as well as servants, artisans, and funerary priests. The scenes also depict the sort of rich burial goods that would have been placed in Meresankh’s tomb: statues and fine furniture; boxes containing food, clothing, and jewelry; even a representation of the black granite sarcophagus that was actually found in situ in her burial chamber. Chapel entrance architrave, jambs, reveals and drum inscribed for Meresankh, idenitifed as [mAAt Hr stX wrt Hts nbwj xt Hr wrt Hst DHwtj smrt Hr mrt=f sAt nswt n Xt=f Hmt nswt mrt] seer of Horus and Seth, great one of the hetes-scepter of the Two Lords, khet-priestess of Horus, great of praises of Thoth, companion of Horus, his beloved, king's daughter of his body, beloved king's wife; in situ in G 7530-7540. Appears in chapel relief of main room: seated holding lotus (south wall); standing with her mother (east wall), idenitifed as [wrt Hts] great one of the hetes-scepter; on pillars (north wall), idenitifed as [tjst Hr] intimate(?) of Horus; seated at offering table, standing north of false door and on central pillar, and with her mother and son (west wall), idenitifed as [Hm-nTr DHwtj wrt Hts nbtj Hm-nTr bApf Hm-nTr HwtHr nbt jwnt smAwt mrjj nbtj] priestess of Thoth, great one of the hetes-scepter of the Two Ladies, priestess of Bapef, priestess of Hathor Mistress-of-Dendera, consort of him who is beloved of the Two Ladies; in situ in G 7530-7540. Also appears on all walls of offering (west) room; in situ in G 7530-7540. Architrave on north wall of north room inscribed for Meresankh; uninscribed statues may also represent Meresankh (along with other female family members); in situ in G 7530-7540. Black granite sarcophagus (Cairo JE 54935) inscribed for Meresankh, idenitifed as [xrp sSmtjw SnDt] director of butchers of the 'Acacia House'; in situ in burial chamber of G 7530-7540. Incomplete limestone statue of Meresankh (MFA 30.1457) and pair statue of Meresankh and Hetepheres II (MFA 30.1456); found displaced in debris of main room. Mother ([mwt=f] his mother) of Nebemakhet (owner of G 8172 = Lepsius 86). Appears in relief of inner chapel (above doorway in eastern wall), identified as [mAAt Hr stX wrt Hts wrt Hst Hmt nswt] seer of Horus and Seth, great one of the hetes-scepter, great of praises, king's wife; in situ in G 8172. Also mentioned in the tomb of her steward Khemetnu (owner of G 5210).
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1810–1884
- Remarks Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette
- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates French, 1821–1881
- Remarks Pasha; Egyptologist; Professor; Archaeologist of Sphinx Temple. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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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_B2599P_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210, G 5220
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43) and G 5220 (= Lepsius 42), looking WSW
ID: HUMFA_B9174_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2240, G 5210, G 2239, G 2430, G 2415
Description: Fragments of limestone relief and inscriptions: top row: [G 2239c A] 39-5-39, [G 2240] 39-5-29; bottom row: [G 2430, originally from G 2415] 39-5-40 (fragments of drum lintel of Weri), 39-5-42 (fragment of relief), [E of G 5210] 39-5-35 (two of nine fragments of limestone)
ID: HUMFA_A8271_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210, top of mastaba, back side of block of frieze-text (inscribed for Khemetnu) in situ at top of E face of mastaba, looking E
ID: HUMFA_A8272_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210, top of mastaba, back side of block of frieze-text (inscribed for Khemetnu) in situ at top of E face of mastaba, looking SE
ID: HUMFA_A8178_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, E face of mastaba, top, inscription (frieze-text), lookig W (continuing southwards from A8177)
ID: HUMFA_A8179_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, E face of mastaba, S end, top, inscription (frieze-text), looking W
ID: HUMFA_A8180_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, chapel, S room, S wall, relief (offering bearers), looking S
ID: HUMFA_A8181_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, chapel, S room, E wall, looking SE
ID: HUMFA_A8182_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, chapel, S room, E wall (S end), relief (only lower part of bottom register preserved), looking E
ID: HUMFA_A8183_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, chapel, S room, E wall (N end), relief (only lower part of bottom register preserved), looking E
ID: HUMFA_A8184_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, chapel, S room, E wall (middle section), relief (only lower part of bottom register preserved), looking E
ID: HUMFA_A8185_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, S face of mastaba, E half, looking N
ID: HUMFA_A8173_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, chapel, S room, W wall = E face of mastaba, S of S niche, relief, looking W
ID: HUMFA_A8174_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, chapel, W door jamb of entrance into S room, relief (standing figure), looking SW
ID: HUMFA_A8175_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, chapel, S room, W wall = E face of mastaba, lintel inscribed for Khemetnu over S niche, looking W
ID: HUMFA_A8176_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, E face of mastaba, lintel inscribed for Khemetnu over N niche, looking W
ID: HUMFA_A8177_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, E face of mastaba, N end, top, inscription (frieze-text), looking W
ID: HUMFA_C12749_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210, G 5220
Description: Cemetery G 5000: area E of G 5210 (= Lepsius 43) and G 5220 (= Lepsius 42), looking N (rephotograph of A2249)
ID: HUMFA_A7693_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 A, looking S
ID: HUMFA_A2249_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210, G 5220
Description: Cemetery G 5000: area E of G 5210 (= Lepsius 43) and G 5220 (= Lepsius 42), looking N (rephotographed as C12749)
ID: HUMFA_B2599_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210, G 5220
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43) and G 5220 (= Lepsius 42), looking WSW
ID: HUMFA_B2394_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210, G 5220
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), E face and chapel, G 5220 (= Lepsius 42) construction wall, looking NNW
ID: HUMFA_B2395_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5220, G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), E face and chapel, G 5220 (= Lepsius 42) construction wall, looking S
ID: HUMFA_B2582_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5110, G 5210, G 5220
Description: Cemetery G 5000: street between G 5110 (= Lepsius 44) (to W) and G 5210 (= Lepsius 43) and G 5220 (= Lepsius 42) (to E), looking N
ID: HUMFA_B3979_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4512, G 4930, G 5210, G 4813
Description: Pottery vessels: top row: [G 4512] 15-12-70 (= MFA 20.1938), [G 4930 B] 15-1-18, [G 5210] 14-12-44 (= MFA 20.1937), [] unregistered (= MFA 20.1941); bottom row: [G 4813 C] 15-11-78 (= MFA 20.2003), [G 5210] 14-12-43 (= MFA 20.1936), [G 4813 C] 15-11-78
ID: HUMFA_C6510_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, chapel, N room, pottery bowls (14-12-43 = MFA 20.1936, 14-12-44 = MFA 20.1937) in situ in corner, looking NW
ID: HUMFA_C6511_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, chapel, N room, sloping shaft, looking E
ID: HUMFA_C6518_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, chapel, looking NNW
ID: HUMFA_C6528_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5110, G 5210, G 5220
Description: Cemetery G 5000: street between G 5110 (= Lepsius 44) (to W) and G 5210 (= Lepsius 43) and G 5220 (= Lepsius 42) (to E), looking N
ID: HUMFA_C6860_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, E face and chapel entrance, looking SSW (dump in background)
ID: HUMFA_C6861_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, looking W
ID: HUMFA_C6892_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, E face and chapel, looking S
ID: PDM_1993.124.06
Subjects: Khufu Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: G 5210, G 5110
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, and G 5110 (= Lepsius 44), Duaenre, looking W from Khufu pyramid
ID: PDM_01051
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, looking NW
ID: PDM_01052
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, looking W
ID: PDM_01117
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, E face and chapel, looking SSW
ID: PDM_01118
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, E face of mastaba, N niche, looking W
ID: PDM_01119
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5210 (= Lepsius 43), Khemetnu, E face and chapel, looking SW
ID: MFAB_AAW1428
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5110, G 5210, G 5230
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5110, Duaenre, G 5210, Khemetnu, G 5230, Khnumbaef/Babaef, and general view of S portion of Cemetery en Echelon, looking SW from Khufu pyramid
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Western Cemetery, G 5411, G 5210
Description: Western Cemetery, from near SW corner of Khufu Pyramid, looking NW, with G 5411 and G 5210 in background
Subjects: Khufu Pyramid Complex, Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Western Cemetery, G 5411, G 5210, Khufu Pyramid
Description: Western Cemetery, from near SW corner of Khufu Pyramid, looking N with Khufu Pyramid at right, and G 5411 and G 5210 in background (left)
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Western Cemetery
Description: Western Cemetery, stone blocks to S of G 5210 and G 5110, looking roughly W, with Khafre Pyramid at left
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Western Cemetery
Description: Western Cemetery, stone blocks to S of G 5210 and G 5110, looking roughly W
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Western Cemetery
Description: Western Cemetery, stone blocks to S of G 5210 and G 5110, looking roughly W
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5110, G 5210
Description: Western Cemetery, stone blocks to S of G 5110 and SE corner of G 5110, looking W, with SW corner of G 5210 at right
Subjects: Khufu Pyramid Complex, Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5210, G 5220, Khufu Pyramid
Description: G 5210, E face and chapel, with G 5220 in background and Khufu Pyramid at right, looking N
Subjects: Khufu Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: G 5210, G 5220
Description: G 5210, E face and chapel, with G 5220 in background, looking N
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5411, G 5210
Description: Western Cemetery, from near SW corner of Khufu Pyramid, with G 5411 (three courses of preserved blocks, center midground) and G 5210 (center background) looking NW
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