G 4763
Western Cemetery
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- 1-6 shafts
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- Remarks
- Reisner's unpublished manuscript says G 4763 has 6 shafts and G 4765 has 1. Did he mix these two as G 4765 clearly has 6 shafts while G 4763 lacks all detail. Junker Giza 6 plan on p. 79 leaves this area blank.
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p025
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_Contents3
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 6. Die Mastabas des Nfr (Nefer), Kdfjj (Kedfi), Kahjf (Kahjef) und die westlich anschließenden Grabanlagen. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 1. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1943, p. 78, plan after p. 273 for Mastaba X.
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, plan 15 for G 4763.
Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box L 13, Description of Mastabas in Cemetery G 4000, page 25.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- 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.