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A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix G: Cemetery G 1000–1100, page 094

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*The original, paper version of this page in “Appendix G: Cemetery G 1000–1100” can be found in archival box L04 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    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts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
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Mentioned on page
    Shepses(?) (in G 1050)

Tombs and Monuments 4

  • G 1050

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1051

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1052

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1055

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 2

Ancient People

  • Shepses(?) (in G 1050)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Fragment of limestone offering basin inscribed for Shepses(?); inscribed with latter part of offering formula [. . .wAg(?) skr Hb nb rkH Spss(?)] . . .the wag-festival, the Sokar-festival, every festival, the fire-lighting festival, Shepses(?); found displaced in upper debris of G 1050 X.

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.