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A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page G4561_08

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*The original, paper version of this page in “Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000” can be found in archival box L13 in the Egyptian Section archives of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date
    about 1934—1942
  • Mentioned on page
    Kaemankh (G 4561)
    Khuwiwer (in G 4561)
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4561

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 3

Ancient People

  • Kaemankh (G 4561)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 4561. Architectural elements, including large scale inscription (frieze-text) on north and south faces of chapel, chapel entrance lintel, drum lintel, and door jambs, and architrave (standing figures of Kaemankh separated by panels of vertical inscription) over chapel recess, inscribed for Kaemankh; in situ in G 4561. False door on west wall of chapel recess inscribed for Kaemankh and appears on false door on west wall of chapel corridor inscribed for his wife Tjeset; in situ in G 4651. Also appears in chapel relief (north and south walls of chapel recess; west wall of chapel corridor); in situ in G 4561. Identified variously as [rx nswt sHD jrjw-xt pr-HD sHD Hmw-nTr Hrj-sStA n xtmt nswt wab nswt sS pr-HD sHD pr-HD] royal acquaintance, inspector of administrators of the treasury, inspector of priests, secretary of the king's treasure, royal wab-priest, scribe of the treasury, inspector of the treasury.

  • Khuwiwer (in G 4561)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f smsw] his eldest son) of Kaemankh (owner of G 4561). Appears in chapel relief, north wall (accompanying his father in papyrus boat), identified as [sS pr-HD] scribe of the treasury; in situ in G 4561.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Author
    • 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.