G 5340

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5340, Khufudinefankh

Tomb Owner

Kasewedja (G 5340)
Excavator

(Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884

Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
Lepsius No

LG 37

Lepsius 37

L.37
PorterMoss Date

Middle Dynasty 5
Harpur Date

Niuserre
Junker Date

Late Dynasty 5 - early Dynasty 6
Kanawati Date

Late Sahure
Reisner Date

Neferirkare - Djedkare
Baer Date

Middle of Dynasty 5
Site Type

Stone-built mastaba
Shafts

S 852; unnumbered shaft; serdab; chapel 1; chapel 2
Remarks

There is a second unnumbered shaft on Junker's plan.

Flower bud pendant
- KHM_ÄS_7908
Necklace
- KHM_ÄS_9261
Seal in the shape of a hedgehog
- KHM_ÄS_7909

G 5340 (= Lepsius 37): relief from chapel, S wall and W wall, S false door
- ID HUMFA_EG025482
Relief from G 5340 (= Lepsius 37), W wall, N false door and panels, and G 4710 (= Lepsius 49), false door thicknesses
- ID HUMFA_EG025595
Relief from G 5340 and G 7948
- ID HUMFA_EG025570

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix A: Cemetery en Échelon, Page ApxA 0001 Index
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix A: Cemetery en Échelon, Page ApxA 031 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix A: Cemetery en Échelon, Page ApxA 051
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix A: Cemetery en Échelon, Page ApxA 052
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix A: Cemetery en Échelon, Page ApxA Heights mastabas2
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Notes for figures in Chapter 9 made by Alexander Floroff on October 4, 1940, Page Ch. 9 Notes 03
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 032
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 032 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 102
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 102 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 103
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 103 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 107
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 107 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 129
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 129 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch Index 1
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch 036
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch 046
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A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 15: Chronological Order of Finished Mastabas in the Giza Necropolis, page 0000 contents__(short)
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Ancient People

Kasewedja (G 5340)
- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 5340. South false door upper lintel inscribed for Kasewedja; also appears in chapel relief (north and south walls); identified as [jmj-r wpwt xrp aw xrp sH] overseer of commissions, director of interpretors, director of the dining hall; in situ in G 5340. Possible son or grandson of Kanefer (owner of G 2150).

Modern People

(Karl) Richard Lepsius
- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1810–1884
- Remarks Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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.

G 5340

Western Cemetery

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