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  • Tomb Owner
    Mededi (G 3093)
  • Attested
    Khakhenmet (in G 3093)
    Mesty (in G 3093)
  • Excavator
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Alternate Reisner No (Fisher Cemetery)
    [G 2093]
  • Reisner Date
    Dynasty 5
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick+rubble mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 3093 A; G 3093 B; G 3093 C; G 3093 D; G 3093 E; G 3093 X; G 3093 Serdab 1; G 3093 Serdab 2; G 3093 Chapel a
  • Remarks
    Originally called G 2093 by Fisher. Renamed by Reisner.

Finds 6

Excavation Diary Pages 15

Maps & Plans 15

Drawings 1

Published Documents 5

Unpublished Documents 97

Full Bibliography

  • Fisher, Clarence S. The Minor Cemetery at Giza. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1924, pp. 9-10, 18-19, 49-54, 135 [2], 136 [3-5], 138 [6-7], figs. 38-40, 128, pls. 7-8, 11, 23-25, 27-28, 42-44.

    Clarence S. Fisher, in Pennsylvania Museum Journal vi (1915), fig. 53, p. 73.

    Clarence S. Fisher, in Pennsylvania Museum Journal viii (1917), figs. 15-16, p. 47.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G166.

    Manuelian, Peter Der. "Penmeru Revisited–Giza Mastaba G 2197 (Giza Archives Gleanings V)." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 45 (2009), p. 33.

    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. 98, plan 9.

    Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Boxes L8 & L9, Appendix J: The Mastabas in Cemeteries G 1400 and G 3000, p. 104-108.

People 4

Ancient People

  • Khakhenmet (in G 3093)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Mededi (owner of G 3093). False door (Cairo 46495) inscribed for Khakhenmet, identified as [mjtrt Hm-nTr Nt wpt wAwt rxt nswt Hm-nTr HwtHr nbt nht] mitret, priestess of Neith Opener-of-the-Ways, royal acquaintance, priestess of Hathor Mistress-of-the-Sycamore; found in situ in G 3093.
  • Mededi (G 3093)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 3093. Standing statue (Cairo 46494) of Mededi, identified as [rx nswt jmj-xt xrp n mSa] royal acquaintance, under-supervisor of the director of the expedition; found in situ in G 3093. Also appears on northern jamb of false door (Cairo 46495) inscribed for his wife Khakhenmet, identified as [rx nswt jmj-xt] royal acquaintance, under-supervisor; found in situ in G 3093.
  • Mesty (in G 3093)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Statuette (UPM_E13514) inscribed for Mesty, identified as [jmj-r jH] overseer of boat-nets(?); found in small added room east of G 3093 offering room.

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1876–1941
    • Remarks Archaeologist and architect. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.