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G 2180

Western Cemetery

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25 of 34 • Cemetery G 2100: G 2180, west face, looking E
Upper part of false door (tablet) of [GLYPHS] Kakhent found E of G 4990 (= G 2180): MFA 12.1520
G 4990 = G 2180, Shaft A
G 4990 = G 2180, Shaft A
G 4990 = G 2180, Shaft A
Cemetery G 2100: G 2180, 4980, Junker’s railroad hill debris covering G 2180 etc., looking S
Cemetery G 2100: G 2180, Junker’s railroad hill debris covering G 2180 etc., looking N
Cemetery G 2100: G 2168, G 2169, looking E toward G 2180
Cemetery G 2100: G 2180, west face, looking E
Cemetery G 2100: G 2180, W face, looking SE toward Khufu pyramid (G 2168, foreground)
Cemetery G 2100: G 2170, street on east side, looking NE toward G 2180 and G 2172, buried under Junker debris ramp
G 2180, south face, looking NE, with northwest corner of G 4980 at right (south)
Upper part of false door (tablet) of [GLYPHS] Kakhent found E of G 4990 (= G 2180): MFAB_12.1520
Upper part of false door (tablet) of [GLYPHS] Kakhent found E of G 4990 (= G 2180): MFAB_12.1520
Upper part of false door (tablet) of [GLYPHS] Kakhent found E of G 4990 (= G 2180): MFAB_12.1520

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2180

Details

  • Attested
    Kakhent (east of G 2180)
    Neferi (east of G 2180 and G 5080)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Alternate Reisner No
    G 4990
    c
  • Junker No
    VIII 5
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 2180 A
  • Remarks
    In the 1912 excavation season, Reisner called this mastaba c. Junker originally called this mastaba VIII 5. This mastaba was then called G 4990 until the name was definitively changed to G 2180. Intrusive shafts along east side included with G 2182.

Finds 6

Excavation Diary Pages 34

Maps & Plans 6

Drawings 3

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 29

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A., and Clarence S. Fisher. "Preliminary Report on the Work of the Harvard-Boston Expedition in 1911-13." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte 13 (1914), pp. 227-252.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Kakhent (east of G 2180)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Upper part of limestone false door (MFA 12.1520) inscribed for Kakhent, identified as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; found east of G 2180 (= G 4990).

  • Neferi (east of G 2180 and G 5080)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Fragments of limestone false door (MFA 12.1393 + MFA 12.1498 + MFA 12.1515) inscribed for Neferi, identified as [jmj-r st xntjw-S Sps nswt smr pr] overseer of the department of palace attendants, noble of the king, companion of the house; found east of G 5080 (MFA 12.1393) and east of G 2180 (MFA 12.1498 and MFA 12.1515) (incorrectly attributed to G 2185 in P-M III, p. 81).

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.