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G 3097

Western Cemetery

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3 of 16 • Plan #3 of Minor Cemetery at Giza excavated in 1915 by Fisher, showing selected matabab cross sections.
General plan of Western Cemetery
Plan #1 of the Minor Cemetery at Giza excavated in 1915 by Fisher
Plan #3 of Minor Cemetery at Giza excavated in 1915 by Fisher, showing selected matabab cross sections.
Plan of Fisher "Minor Cemetery" G 3000
Cemetery G 3000, general view of SE corner including G 3092, G 3093, G 3094, and G 3097, excavation in progress, looking S.
Plans and section of G 3097, shaft A
Plan and section of G 3097, shaft B
Plans of G 3097, shaft B, upper and lower chambers
Plans and sections of G 3097, shaft C

Maps and plans: Plan #3 of Fisher "Minor Cemetery" G 3000 - Cross Sections

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Neferhi (G 3097)
  • Excavator
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Alternate Reisner No (Fisher Cemetery)
    [G 2097]
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Reisner Date
    Late Dynasty 5
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 3097 A; G 3097 B; G 3097 C; G 3097 D; G 3097 E; G 3097 F; G 3097 Chapel a; G 3097 Chapel b; G 3097 Chapel c
  • Remarks
    Originally called G 2097 by Fisher. Renamed by Reisner.

Finds 7

Excavation Diary Pages 12

Maps & Plans 14

Published Documents 2

Unpublished Documents 54

Full Bibliography

  • Fisher, Clarence S. The Minor Cemetery at Giza. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1924, pp. 60-63, 139 [8-9], figs. 48-50, pls. 7-8, 22.

    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. 99, plan 9.

    Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Boxes L8 & L9, Appendix J: The Mastabas in Cemeteries G 1400 and G 3000, p. 112-114.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Neferhi (G 3097)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner(?) of G 3097. Limestone offering basin (UPM_E13518) inscribed for Neferhi, identified as [rx nswt (jrj) nwd Xkrw nswt] royal acquaintance, (keeper) of unguents of the royal regalia(?); found in situ in front of north outer niche of G 3097.

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.