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The Minor Cemetery at Giza, Unpublished Manuscript, Chapter V: Chamber of Sneferu-hotep, p.003 (alternate version)

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Diary Transcription:

Unpublished manuscript transcription: begin page 3 (alternate version)

East wall (Pl. 53)

1. Sacrificing an ox, drawn over an unfinished procession of men bearing offerings.

2. Men with donkeys walking towards right. Erased scene of procession of women bearing bowls, etc. Above donkeys at right
[GLYPHS] [jm]

3. Procession of women walking towards right bearing trays, and baskets of fruit, etc. led by man with staff, redrawn. At extreme left, traces of three rows of male figures walking towards left.
Then eight vertical colums of inscription, partly framing in large figure of Sneferu-Hotep walking to left, with long staff.

4. (Space)

5. Space

Etc.

End of page 3 (alternate version)

Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
  • Department
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Credit Line
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Author
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Mentioned on page
    Sneferuhetep (G 3008)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 3008

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

People 2

Ancient People

  • Sneferuhetep (G 3008)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 3008. South false door inscribed for Sneferuhetep, also appears in chapel wall painting, east, south, and west walls, identified as [rx nswt sS nswt sHD wabw xa-snfrw wr mDw Sma Hrj-sStA n nTr=f Hrj-sStA m kAt sxt] royal acquaintance, royal scribe, inspector of wab-priests of the pyramid of Snefru, great one of the tens of Upper Egypt, secretary of his god, secretary of works in the field; in situ in G 3008. Fragment of door jamb (UPM_E13543) inscribed for Sneferuhetep, identified as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; found in debris of shaft G 3008 C, originally from door to offering room.

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

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