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G 2151

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2151

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Ptahwer (G 2151)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Site Type
    Stone+Brick-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 2151 A; G 2151 B; G 2151 X
  • Remarks
    Mastaba built off northeast corner of G 2150.

Excavation Diary Pages 7

Maps & Plans 16

Drawings 2

Unpublished Documents 8

People 2

Ancient People

  • Ptahwer (G 2151)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 2151. North and south false doors and offering basin inscribed for Ptahwer, identified (on offering basin) as [rx nswt jmj-r Hmw-kA] royal acquaintance, overseer of ka-priests; offering basin found in situ in G 2151, false doors still in situ in G 2151. Also appears twice in chapel relief in tomb of Kanefer (owner of G 2150), west wall of interior chapel (upper register of relief in front of standing figure of Kanefer), and facade face of block from south door jamb (32-12-7 = MFA 34.58, including section of facade to south) of interior chapel entrance (top register in front of missing figure of Kanefer), identified in both places as [jmj-r Hmw-kA] overseer of ka-priests; west wall in situ in G 2150, blocks of south door jamb found displaced and removed from site.

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.