Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5270
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- Tomb Owner
- Rawer [I] (G 5270)
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Attested
- Seshemnefer (in G 5270)
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- PorterMoss Date
- Middle Dynasty 5
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- Harpur Date
- Niuserre
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- Kanawati Date
- Early Dynasty 5
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- Baer Date
- Mid Dynasty 5
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- 2 shafts; serdab; chapel
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Base of limestone standing statue of Rawer [I]
- KHM_ÄS_8544
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- RPM_2419
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- RPM_2420
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p029
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p053a
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p053b
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p056
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_mastabas2
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Blackman, Aylward M. "The Ka-House and the Serdab." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3 (1916), pp. 250-251, fig. 1.
Brovarski, Edward. "A Triad for Pehenptah." Warsaw Egyptological Studies I. Essays in honour of Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Lipinska. Warsaw: National Museum "Pro-Egipt," 1997, p. 263, note 11.
Chauvet, Violaine. “Decoration and Architecture: The Definition of Private Tomb Environment.” Servant of Mut. Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honor of Edward F. Wente. Leiden: Brill, 2008, p. 49 notes 54 and 56.
Delvaux, Luc and Eugène Warmenbol. "Trois Seshemnefer et Trente-Six Domaines." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 84 (1998), p. 66.
Gamer-Wallert, Ingrid."Die bewegte Geschichte der Mastaba Seschemnofers III. (G 5170)." Sokar 9 (2. Halbjahr, 2004), pp. 30, 33, unnumbered plan on p. 29.
Junker, Hermann. Gîza 3. Die Mastabas der vorgeschrittenen V. Dynastie auf dem Westfriedhof. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1938, pp. 33, 216-223, figs. 1, 3-5, 40-43, pls. 13 [a], 14 [d].
Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G215.
Manuelian, Peter Der. "Penmeru Revisited–Giza Mastaba G 2197 (Giza Archives Gleanings V)." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 45 (2009), p. 48.
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. 158.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 5270. Base of limestone statue (KHM Vienna ÄS 8544) and fragments of frieze-text originally from over serdab (Cairo JE 43965) inscribed for Rawer, identified as [sS a n nswt rx nswt sS n Xrt-a nswt sS a n nswt xft-Hr] royal document scribe, royal acquaintance, scribe of the royal document-case, royal document scribe in the presence; found in G 5270. Son ([sA=f n Xt=f] his son of his body) of Seshemnefer [I] (owner of G 4940). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (between false doors, depicted as young boy standing in front of his parents); in situ in G 4940.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Rawer [I] (owner of G 5270). Offering table top inscribed for Seshemnefer, identified as [sAb jmj-r sSw] juridicial overseer of scribes; found in front of south niche in east face of G 5270.
Modern People
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- 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.
ID: HUMFA_EG019921
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 4: Western Cemetery of German-Austrian Excavation Concession (Central Strip - Cemetery en Echelon)
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: Western Cemetery, central strip, easternmost tombs (Cemetery en Echelon), published in H. Junker, Giza vols. 3, 7, 8
ID: PDM_01092
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5270
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5270, looking SW
ID: PDM_01097
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5270
Description: G 5270, chapel area, looking NE
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5418
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5270, S 385/386, S 384, S 382/383, S 381, S 370, S 369, S 368, G 5170, G 5070, Khufuseneb [II], Khufuseneb [I], S 371/374, S 375/391, S 450/490
Description: Cemetery G 5000: minor mastabas abutting S end of G 5270 (including S 385/386, S 384, S 382/383, S 381, S 370, S 369, S 368), S ends of G 5170 and G 5070 (to W), and area to S, including mastaba of Khufuseneb [II] (foreground center right), with mastabas S 371/374 and S 375/391 (to W) and S 450/490 (to S), mastaba of Khufuseneb [I] (middle ground left), looking W to chapel entrance of G 4970
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5452
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5270
Description: Fragment of frieze-text inscribed for Rawer [I] from G 5270 (originally from above serdab): Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 43965
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5455
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5270
Description: Fragments of frieze-text inscribed for Rawer [I] from G 5270 (originally from above serdab): Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 43965
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5457
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5270
Description: Fragment of frieze-text inscribed for Rawer [I] from G 5270 (originally from above serdab): Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 43965
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5270
Description: Fragments of frieze-text inscribed for Rawer [I] from G 5270: Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 43965
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5270
Description: Fragments of frieze-text inscribed for Rawer [I] from G 5270: Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 43965
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5270
Description: Fragments of frieze-text inscribed for Rawer [I] from G 5270: Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 43965
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5270
Description: Fragments of frieze-text inscribed for Rawer [I] from G 5270: Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 43965
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5270
Description: Base of limestone statue inscribed for Rawer [I] from G 5270, serdab: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8544
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