Maathep
Western Cemetery
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- Attested
- Maathep (Maathep)
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 58; S 62; S 66; chapel; S 65
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is in field west of G 2135, off southwest corner of G 2135, east of Shepsi and northwest of G 4760. S 65 is intrusive in chapel. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on plan EG002029. At northern end of mastaba is a small mastaba-like structure (Junker's "eingemauerte Mastaba") with decorated walls and false door which may have acted as a serdab and contained statues of the tomb owner.
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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, pp. 155-160, figs. 51-53, plan after p. 273.
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, p. 122, plan 11.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Probable wife of unidentified tomb owner. Offering stone with two small rectangular basins and flat disc inscribed for Maathep; found in situ in front of north false door in mastaba of Maathep (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker).
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- 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.