Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2435
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- Tomb Owner
- Nyre (G 2435)
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Attested
- Kakaiankh (in G 2435)
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- G 2435 A; G 2435 B; G 2435 C; G 2435 X; G 2435 Y; G 2435 Z
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Fragment of inscribed limestone lintel
- HUMFA_40-2-4
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- HUMFA_40-1-23
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- HUMFA_40-2-2
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Fragments of limestone lintel of Kakaiankh
- HUMFA_40-2-1
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Fragments of limestone lintel of Kakaiankh
- HUMFA_40-2-5
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- HUMFA_40-1-25
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- Diary page dates 01/04/1940; 01/05/1940
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- Diary page dates 01/05/1940; 01/06/1940; 01/07/1940; 01/08/1940
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- Diary page dates 01/11/1940; 01/12/1940
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- Diary page dates 01/12/1940; 01/13/1940
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- Diary page dates 01/29/1940; 01/30/1940; 01/31/1940; 02/01/1940
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- Diary page dates 02/01/1940
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- Diary page dates 02/01/1940; 02/02/1940; 02/03/1940
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- Diary page dates 02/03/1940; 02/04/1940
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- Diary page dates 02/04/1940; 02/05/1940; 02/06/1940; 02/07/1940
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- Diary page dates 02/07/1940; 02/08/1940
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- Diary page dates 02/07/1940
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- Diary page dates 02/09/1940; 02/10/1940; 02/11/1940
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- Diary page dates 02/11/1940
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- Diary page dates 02/12/1940
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- Diary page dates 02/19/1940; 02/20/1940; 02/21/1940; 02/22/1940; 02/23/1940; 02/24/1940
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- Diary page dates 01/29/1940; 01/30/1940; 01/31/1940; 02/01/1940
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- Diary page dates 02/01/1940
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- Diary page dates 01/05/1940; 01/08/1940; 02/01/1940; 02/07/1940
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G 2435, Shaft X: relief fragment (reused)
- ID HUMFA_EG020096
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G 2435, Shaft X: relief fragment (reused)
- ID HUMFA_EG020098
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- ID HUMFA_EG020069
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- ID HUMFA_EG020068
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- ID HUMFA_EG020097
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K12_CemG2400_p125ae0
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K12_CemG2400_contents
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K12_CemG2400_p125ae2
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K12_CemG2400_p125af
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.30
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- ID: HUMFA_EG013924
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- ID: HUMFA_EG013926
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Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box K 12, Description of Additions to Cemetery En Eschelon: Cemetery G 2400, pp. 125 ae-af.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Limestone lintel (two fitting fragments, 40-2-1 + 40-2-5) inscribed for Kakaiankh, identified as [...xntj-S rx nswt] ...palace attendant, royal acquaintance; found reused in intrusive burial G 2435 X.
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 2435. Limestone false door (40-1-25) inscribed for Nyre, identified as [sHD Hst pr-aA stp-sA Xrj-tp st nt nswt sxmx-jb nb=f Hrj-sStA Hs pr-aA] inspector of singing in the Great House, chamberlain(?) in charge of the royal seat, he who delights the heart of his lord, secretary, singer of the Great House; found in situ in G 2435. Fragments of limestone lintel (40-1-24 + 40-2-3) depicting five standing male figures (facing left) with vertical line of inscription before each figure, each one identified as Nyre, identified as [sHD Hst pr-aA Hm-nTr ... Hrj-sStA n nb=f sxmx-jb nb=f] inspector of singing in the Great House, priest of ..., secretary of his lord, he who delights the heart of his lord; found reused as roofing over intrusive burial G 2435 X. Fragments of door jamb (40-1-23 + 40-2-2) depicting Nyre and son(?) (identifying inscription not preserved); found reused in intrusive burial G 2435 X.
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.
ID: HUMFA_C14399_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2435
Description: Inscribed block of relief (offering formula) from G 2435 X (reused in W wall of chamber): 40-2-4
ID: HUMFA_A8331_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2435
Description: Blocks of relief from G 2435 X: top: 40-2-5 + 40-2-1 (fitting fragments of lintel of Kakaiankh); bottom: 40-1-24 + 40-2-3 (fitting fragments of lintel of Nyre)
ID: HUMFA_A8338_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2435
Description: Cemetery G 2400: G 2435, Nyre, chapel, W wall, false door inscribed for Nyre (40-1-25), looking SW
ID: HUMFA_C14397_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2435
Description: Cemetery G 2400: G 2435 B, door block, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C14398_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2435
Description: Cemetery G 2400: G 2435 A, door block, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C14431_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2435
Description: Cemetery G 2400: G 2435, Nyre, chapel, W wall, false door inscribed for Nyre (40-1-25) in situ, intrusive pit X (constructed chamber) cleared away, looking SW
ID: HUMFA_B9210_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2435
Description: Cemetery G 2400: G 2435, Nyre, chapel, false door inscribed for Nyre (40-1-25) in situ and blocks of relief (40-1-23 part of door jamb, 40-1-24 lintel inscribed for Nyre) reused as roofing over intrusive pit X (constructed chamber to E of false door), looking SW
ID: HUMFA_B9219_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2435
Description: Cemetery G 2400: G 2435, Nyre, chapel, intrusive pit X (constructed chamber), E of false door inscribed for Nyre (40-1-25), looking N
ID: HUMFA_B9221_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2435
Description: Two fitting fragments of relief from W door jamb (?) from G 2435, standing figures of owner and son (?) facing left: 40-1-23 + 40-2-2
ID: HUMFA_B9222_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2435, G 2392
Description: Block of limestone relief found W of G 2435: 40-2-7 (hetep di nisut [Htp dj nswt], offering formula); offering stone from G 2392 A: 40-2-8
ID: HUMFA_B9223_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2435
Description: Cemetery G 2400: G 2435, Nyre, chapel, instrusive pit X (constructed chamber), E of false door inscribed for Nyre (40-1-25), looking NW
ID: HUMFA_B9224_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2435
Description: Cemetery G 2400: G 2435 A, burial (skeleton), looking SW
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