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G 2230+2231

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2230+2231

Details

  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Correct Double Mastaba No
    G 2230
    G 2231
  • Reisner Date
    Phase I to III ?
  • Roth Date
    Niuserre - Djedkare
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 2230 A; G 2230 B; G 2230 C; G 2231 A; G 2231 B; G 2231 C; G 2231 D; G 2231 E; G 2231 F; G 2231 G; G 2231 H; G 2231 I; G 2231 J; G 2231 Y; G 2230 Chapel
  • Remarks
    Roth's mastaba G 2230+2231 along the northern edge of the western cemetery should not to be confused with Reisner's G 2231 X which lies against east side of G 2177. The three shafts in G 2230 are incorrectly labeled (south to north) A, B, C on the area map EG000494 and in Reisner's unpublished manuscript description (GN3_L12_p179). Their correct designations are preserved on a sketched map in the excavation diary (Vol.33.p.758), which shows the shafts running from south to north C, A, B with shaft A (central shaft) being the main shaft with burial chamber.

Finds 26

Excavation Diary Pages 25

  • Vol.33.p.753

    • Diary page dates 02/03/1939 through 02/09/1939

  • Vol.33.p.754

    • Diary page dates 02/10/1939; 02/11/1939; 02/12/1939; 02/13/1939; 02/14/1939; 02/15/1939

  • Vol.33.p.755

    • Diary page dates 02/16/1939; 02/17/1939; 02/18/1939; 02/19/1939

  • Vol.33.p.756

    • Diary page dates 02/19/1939; 02/20/1939

  • Vol.33.p.757

    • Diary page dates 02/21/1939; 02/22/1939; 02/23/1939; 02/24/1939; 02/25/1939; 02/26/1939

  • Vol.33.p.758

    • Diary page dates 02/26/1939

  • Vol.33.p.759

    • Diary page dates 02/27/1939; 02/28/1939; 03/01/1939

  • Vol.33.p.764

    • Diary page dates 03/11/1939; 03/12/1939; 03/13/1939; 03/14/1939; 03/15/1939

  • Vol.33.p.765

    • Diary page dates 03/15/1939; 03/16/1939

  • Vol.33.p.767

    • Diary page dates 03/19/1939; 03/20/1939

  • Vol.33.p.769

    • Diary page dates 03/21/1939; 03/22/1939; 03/23/1939; 03/24/1939

  • Vol.33.p.770

    • Diary page dates 03/24/1939; 03/25/1939

  • Vol.33.p.780

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

  • Vol.33.p.782

    • Diary page dates 04/09/1939

  • Vol.33.p.784

    • Diary page dates 04/16/1939; 04/17/1939; 04/18/1939; 04/19/1939

  • Vol.33.p.791

    • Diary page dates 04/22/1939

  • Vol.33.p.792

    • Diary page dates 04/22/1939; 04/23/1939

  • Vol.33.p.794

    • Diary page dates 04/26/1939; 04/27/1939

  • Vol.33.p.809

    • Diary page dates 05/05/1939; 05/06/1939

  • Vol.34.p.810

    • Diary page dates 05/06/1939; 05/07/1939

  • Vol.34.p.814

    • Diary page dates 05/08/1939; 05/09/1939; 05/10/1939

  • Vol.34.p.816

    • Diary page dates 05/13/1939

  • Vol.34.p.817

    • Diary page dates 05/13/1939

  • Vol.34.p.826

    • Diary page dates 06/08/1939; 06/30/1939; 07/02/1939; 07/03/1939; 07/04/1939; 07/05/1939

  • Vol.34.p.827

    • Diary page dates 07/05/1939 through 07/24/1939

Maps & Plans 39

Drawings 10

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 30

Full Bibliography

  • Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants, Giza Mastabas 6 (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995), pp. 155-161, figs. 88-89, pls. 118-120b, 199-200.

People 1

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.