Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2242, G 2061
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Attested
- Airu (in G 2061)
- Irukakhufu (in G 2061)
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- Alternate Reisner No
- G 2061a
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- Site Type
- Stone+rubble-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- G 2061 A; G 2061 B; G 2061 C; G 2061a A
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- Remarks
- Packing list PL1428 lists a skeleton from tomb G 2064 that could be a typographical error for G 2061.
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- HUMFA_39-5-3
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- HUMFA_39-5-4
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- Diary page dates 03/27/1939; 03/28/1939; 03/30/1939
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- Diary page dates 03/30/1939; 03/31/1939; 04/01/1939; 04/02/1939
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- Diary page dates 04/29/1939; 04/30/1939
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- Diary page dates 05/05/1939; 05/06/1939
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- Diary page dates 05/06/1939; 05/07/1939
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- Diary page dates 05/28/1939
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.30
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- ID: HUMFA_EG011961
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- ID: HUMFA_EG011958
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- ID: HUMFA_PL96
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- ID: HUMFA_PL138
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- ID: HUMFA_PL139
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- ID: HUMFA_PL145
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- ID: HUMFA_PL1051
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Hafford, W.B. "Mixed Messages: A tomb on the Giza Plateau yields chewing-gum wrappers, Cairo tram tickets, a 1944 newspaper, and a 4,500-year-old burial." Archaeology 56 (May/June 2003), pp. 40-44.
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. 69.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of unidentified owner of G 2061. Appears on chapel entrance north door jamb; in situ in G 2061.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of unidentified owner of G 2061. Appears on chapel entrance north door jamb; in situ in G 2061.
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.
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2091, G 2089, G 2088, G 2086, G 2087, G 2084, G 2230+2231, G 2077, G 2075, G 2076, G 2073, G 2072, G 2074, G 2071, G 2061, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2232, G 2233
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E and NE of G 2000 = Lepsius 23) (cemetery G 2200): G 2091, G 2089, G 2088, G 2099, G 2087, G 2084, G 2230+2231, and G 2077, G 2075, G 2076, G 2073, G 2072, G 2074, G 2071, G 2061, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2232, G 2233, men at work, looking NE to Mena House Hotel and Pyramids Road (Sharia el-Haram)
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2230+2231, G 2232, G 2233, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2071, G 2061, G 2072, G 2074
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area NE of G 2000 = Lepsius 23) (cemetery G 2200): corridor of G 2230+2231 (foreground), G 2084 (foreground right), G 2232, G 2233, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2071, G 2061, G 2072, G 2074, men at work, looking S to Khafre and Menkaure pyramids
ID: HUMFA_B9100_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2061
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E of G 2000 = Lepsius 23, N part): G 2061 a, chapel, remains of plaster relief on N end of W wall, looking W
ID: HUMFA_B9081_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2061
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E of G 2000 = Lepsius 23, N part): G 2061 a, chapel, partially cleared, limestone seated pair statue (39-3-19 = Cairo JE 72137) in situ, looking S (closer view than B9080)
ID: HUMFA_B9082_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2061
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E of G 2000 = Lepsius 23, N part): G 2061 a, chapel, cleared, limestone seated pair statue (39-3-19 = Cairo JE 72137) in situ, looking S
ID: HUMFA_B9080_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2061
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E of G 2000 = Lepsius 23, N part): G 2061 a, chapel, partially cleared, heads of limestone seated pair statue (39-3-19 = Cairo JE 72137) visible, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C14336_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2061a
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E of G 2000 = Lepsius 23, N part): G 2061a A, door block, looking E
ID: HUMFA_C14293_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2061
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E of G 2000 = Lepsius 23, N part): G 2061 a, chapel, partially cleared, limestone seated pair statue (39-3-19 = Cairo JE 72137) in situ, looking S
ID: HUMFA_A8275_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2092+2093, G 2091, G 2089, G 2088, G 2230+2231, G 2077, G 2076, G 2075, G 2073, G 2074, G 2072, G 2061, G 2071
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E and NE of G 2000 = Lepsius 23): including G 2092+2093: G 2092, G 2091, G 2089, G 2088, G 2230+2231, G 2077, G 2076, G 2075, G 2073, G 2074, G 2072, G 2061, G 2071, looking EEN to Pyramids Road (Sharia el-Haram)
ID: HUMFA_A8224_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2242, G 2061
Description: Two blocks of raised relief from G 2242; block of sunk relief from G 2061
ID: HUMFA_A8194_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2061
Description: Uninscribed limestone seated pair statue from G 2061, chapel (profile proper right): 39-3-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 72137)
ID: HUMFA_A8195_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2061
Description: Uninscribed limestone seated pair statue from G 2061, chapel (profile proper left): 39-3-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 72137)
ID: HUMFA_A8196_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2061
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E of G 2000 = Lepsius 23, N part): G 2061, N door jamb, relief (three sons of unidentified tomb owner in lower register, only two names preserved, Airu and Irukakhufu), looking NNE
ID: HUMFA_A8203_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2091, G 2089, G 2088, G 2086, G 2087, G 2084, G 2230+2231, G 2077, G 2075, G 2076, G 2073, G 2072, G 2074, G 2071, G 2061, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2232, G 2233
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E and NE of G 2000 = Lepsius 23) (cemetery G 2200): G 2091, G 2089, G 2088, G 2099, G 2087, G 2084, G 2230+2231, and G 2077, G 2075, G 2076, G 2073, G 2072, G 2074, G 2071, G 2061, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2232, G 2233, men at work, looking NE to Mena House Hotel and Pyramids Road (Sharia el-Haram)
ID: HUMFA_A8204A_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2230+2231, G 2232, G 2233, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2071, G 2061, G 2072, G 2074
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area NE of G 2000 = Lepsius 23) (cemetery G 2200): corridor of G 2230+2231 (foreground), G 2084 (foreground right), G 2232, G 2233, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2071, G 2061, G 2072, G 2074, men at work, looking S to Khafre and Menkaure pyramids
ID: HUMFA_A8207_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2061
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E of G 2000 = Lepsius 23, N part): G 2061 a, chapel, weathered false door, looking SW
ID: HUMFA_A8189_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2061
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E of G 2000 = Lepsius 23, N part): G 2061 a, chapel, partially cleared, heads of limestone seated pair statue (39-3-19 = Cairo JE 72137), looking S
ID: HUMFA_A8190_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2061
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area E of G 2000 = Lepsius 23, N part): G 2061 a, chapel, cleared, limestone seated pair statue (39-3-19 = Cairo JE 72137) in situ, looking S
ID: HUMFA_A8191_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2061
Description: Uninscribed limestone seated pair statue from G 2061, chapel (quarter view proper right): 39-3-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 72137)
ID: HUMFA_A8192_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2061
Description: Uninscribed limestone seated pair statue from G 2061, chapel (front): 39-3-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 72137)
ID: HUMFA_A8193_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2061
Description: Uninscribed limestone seated pair statue from G 2061, chapel (quarter view proper left): 39-3-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 72137)
ID: PDM_1993.011.08
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2061, G 2071
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2061, G 2071, and mastabas E of N niche of G 2000 (= Lepsius 23), looking W
ID: GEM_1201_001
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: G 2061
Description: Limestone statue of a man and his wife from G 2061 a (chapel): GEM_1201 (= HUMFA_39-3-19 = EMC_JE_72137 = EMC_SR_2/15638)
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2240, G 2230+2231, G 2084, G 2085, G 2086, G 2087, G 2099, G 2088, G 2098, G 2089, G 2091, G 2097, G 2246, G 2243, G 2244, G 2239, G 2242, G 2241, G 2238, G 2233, G 2237, G 2232, G 2236, G 2235, G 2234, G 2061, G 2071, G 2072, G 2000
Description: Cemetery G 2000, N part: northernmost strip including [from E to W] G 2240 (foreground center, with two columns), G 2230+2231, G 2084, G 2085, G 2086, G 2087, G 2099, G 2088, G 2098, G 2089, G 2091, G 2097; second strip including [roughly from E to W] area of G 2246 (abutting E face of G 2243), G 2243 (foreground, center left), G 2244 (midground, far left), G 2239, G 2242, G 2241, G 2238, G 2233, G 2237, G 2232, G 2236, G 2235, G 2234, G 2061, G 2071, G 2072; looking WSW towards G 2000
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2240, G 2230+2231, G 2084, G 2085, G 2086, G 2243, G 2244, G 2245, G 2239, G 2238, G 2242, G 2241, G 2237, G 2232, G 2233, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2071, G 2061, G 2072, G 2074, G 2073
Description: Cemetery G 2000, from N side looking S, including [foreground, from E to W] G 2240, G 2230+2231, G 2084, G 2085, G 2086; and [midground] G 2243 (left, to S of G 2240), G 2244, G 2245, G 2239, and G 2238 (to S of G 2243), G 2242, G 2241, G 2237, G 2232, G 2233, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2071, G 2061, G 2072, G 2074, G 2073
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2240, G 2246, G 2243, G 2244, G 2239, G 2242, G 2241, G 2238, G 2233, G 2237, G 2232, G 2236, G 2235, G 2234, G 2061, G 2071, G 2072, Khafre Pyramid, Menkaure Pyramid
Description: Cemetery G 2000, N part, including G 2240 (foreground right, with two columns), area of G 2246 (abutting E face of G 2243), G 2243 (foreground, center left), G 2244 (midground, center), G 2239, G 2242, G 2241, G 2238, G 2233, G 2237, G 2232, G 2236, G 2235, G 2234, G 2061, G 2071, G 2072; looking SW towards G 2000, with Khafre Pyramid and Menkaure Pyramid in background
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2088, G 2087, G 2086, G 2084, G 2230+2231, G 2501, G 2502, G 2077, G 2076, G 2075, G 2072, G 2072a, G 2074, G 2071, G 2061, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2232, G 2233, G 2238, G 2239, G 2509
Description: On top of G 2000, looking ENE at N edge of Cemetery G 2000, including (left, from W to E) G 2088, G 2087, G 2086, G 2084, and G 2230+2231; (center, from W to E) G 2501, G 2502, G 2077, G 2076, G 2075, G 2072, G 2072a, G 2074, G 2071, G 2061, G 2234, G 2235, G 2236, G 2232, G 2233, G 2238, and G 2239; (foreground right) G 2509
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2509, G 2501, G 2502, G 2077, G 2076, G 2073, G 2074, G 2072a, G 2072, G 2061, G 2071, G 2234, G 2236, G 2232, G 2233, G 2238, G 2239
Description: On top of G 2000, looking E at Cemetery G 2000, including G 2509 (foreground center) and (left, from W to E) G 2501, G 2502, G 2077, G 2076, G 2073, G 2074, G 2072a, G 2072, G 2061, G 2071, G 2234, G 2236, G 2232, G 2233, G 2238, and G 2239
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