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A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page 004b

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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    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts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
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
    Imsetka (G 4351)
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 4350

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4351

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 3

Ancient People

  • Imsetka (G 4351)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 4351. Architectural elements (chapel entrance lintel and door jambs) and false door (Leipzig 3136) inscribed for Imsetka, identified as [sAb aD-mr pr-aA jmj-r prwy-aHAw wab nswt Hm-nTr xwfw] judge and administrator of the Great House, overseer of the two Houses of Weapons, royal wab-priest, priest of Khufu; found in G 4351. Standing pair statue (Cairo JE 43960) inscribed for Imsetka and Khuitbauinu; Imsetka identified as [jmj-r st xntj-S pr-aA] overseer of the department of palace attendants of the Great House; found in situ in G 4351 serdab.

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.

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.