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G 2092+2093

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2092+2093

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Saib (G 2092+2093)
  • Attested
    Mit (in G 2092+2093)
    Neferwenes (in G 2092+2093)
    Tjentet (in G 2092+2093)
    Tjetet (in G 2092+2093)
    [...]ptah (in G 2092+2093)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Correct Double Mastaba No
    G 2092
    G 2093
  • Roth Date
    Menkauhor - Djedkare
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Reisner Date
    Niuserre to Izezi
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 2092 A; G 2092 B; G 2092 C; G 2093 A; G 2093 B; G 2093 C; G 2093 D; G 2093 E

Finds 6

Excavation Diary Pages 13

  • Vol.29.p.379

    • Diary page dates 08/03/1936; 08/04/1936; 08/05/1936; 08/06/1936

  • Vol.29.p.380

    • Diary page dates 08/07/1936; 08/08/1936

  • Vol.29.p.381

    • Diary page dates 08/09/1936 through 08/15/1936

  • Vol.29.p.382

    • Diary page dates 08/15/1936; 08/16/1936; 08/17/1936

  • Vol.29.p.383

    • Diary page dates 08/17/1936; 08/18/1936; 08/19/1936; 08/20/1936

  • Vol.29.p.384

    • Diary page dates 08/20/1936

  • Vol.29.p.385

    • Diary page dates 08/21/1936; 08/22/1936; 08/23/1936

  • Vol.29.p.386

    • Diary page dates 08/23/1936; 08/24/1936; 08/25/1936

  • Vol.29.p.389

    • Diary page dates 08/30/1936 through 09/09/1936

  • Vol.29.p.390

    • Diary page dates 09/09/1936; 09/10/1936

  • Vol.33.p.735

    • Diary page dates 01/02/1939; 01/03/1939; 01/04/1939; 01/05/1939

  • Vol.33.p.736

    • Diary page dates 01/05/1939

  • Vol.33.p.763

    • Diary page dates 03/07/1939; 03/08/1939; 03/09/1939; 03/10/1939

Maps & Plans 23

Drawings 23

Published Documents 5

Unpublished Documents 25

Full Bibliography

  • Bolshakov, Andrey. "Osiris in the Fourth Dynasty Again? The False Door of Jntj, MFA 31.781." In Hedvig Györy, ed. Mélanges offerts à Edith Varga. Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts Supplément-2001, Budapest: Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts, 2001, p. 70.

    Callender, Vivienne G. "A Contribution to the Burial of Women in the Old Kingdom." In Filip Coppens, ed. Abusir and Saqqara in the year 2001. Proceedings of the Symposium (Prague, September 25th-27th, 2001). Archiv Orientální 70, No. 3 (August 2002). Prague: Oriental Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, p. 304.

    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. 70 (called Ni-mAat-Ra).

    Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants: Including G 2084-2099, G 2230+2231, and G 2240. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, pp. 106-113, fig. 64, pls. 63-64, 66-75, 132-133, 169-183.

People 7

Ancient People

  • Mit (in G 2092+2093)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Saib (owner of G 2092+2093) and Tjenet. Appears on block of relief (showing upper portion of Saib and Tjenet, and two daughters Tjetet and Mit standing, on two registers, behind them); found displaced on top of G 2096, attributed to G 2092+2093 chapel (cf. Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, pp. 109-110, pl. 68c and pl. 173a).

  • Neferwenes (in G 2092+2093)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Saib (owner of G 2092+2093). Appears on block of relief; found displaced, attributed to G 2092+2093.

  • Saib (G 2092+2093)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 2092+2093. False door inscribed for Saib; also appears in chapel relief, including chapel entrance door jambs, and displaced pillar from recessed chapel; identified as [smr xrp aH jmj-r xntjw-S pr-aA sAb aD-mr Hrj-sStA n pr-dwAt] companion, director of the palace, overseer of palace attendants of the Great House, judge and administrator, secretary of the House of Morning; door jambs and false door in situ in G 2091.

  • Tjentet (in G 2092+2093)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Saib (owner of G 2092+2093). Appears on block of relief (with husband Saib and two daughters Tjetet and Mit), identified as [Hm-nTr Nt] priestess of Neith; found displaced on top of G 2096, attributed to G 2092+2093 chapel (cf. Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, pp. 109-110, pl. 68c and pl. 173a).

  • Tjetet (in G 2092+2093)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter of Saib (owner of G 2092+2093) and Tjenet. Appears on block of relief (showing upper portion of Saib and Tjenet, and two daughters Tjetet and Mit standing, on two registers, behind them); found displaced on top of G 2096, attributed to G 2092+2093 chapel (cf. Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, pp. 109-110, pl. 68c and pl. 173a).

  • [...]ptah (in G 2092+2093)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Saib (owner of G 2092+2093) and Tjenet. Appeared (figure no longer extent, name only partially preserved) before his father on block of relief (showing upper portion of Saib and Tjenet, and two daughters Tjetet and Mit standing, on two registers, behind them); found displaced on top of G 2096, attributed to G 2092+2093 chapel (cf. Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, pp. 109-110, pl. 68c and pl. 173a).

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • 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.