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G 7715

Eastern Cemetery

Details

  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Rock-cut tomb
  • Shafts
    G 7715 A; G 7715 B; G 7715 U; G 7715 X; G 7715 Y; G 7715 Z; G 7715 Serdab; G 7715 Chapel
  • Remarks
    Rock-cut tomb is south of G 7714 on a higher level.

Finds 17

Excavation Diary Pages 6

  • Vol.30.p.476

    • Diary page dates 05/19/1937; 05/20/1937

  • Vol.30.p.477

    • Diary page dates 05/20/1937

  • Vol.30.p.478

    • Diary page dates 05/21/1937; 05/22/1937; 05/23/1937; 05/24/1937

  • Vol.30.p.479

    • Diary page dates 05/24/1937; 05/25/1937; 05/26/1937; 05/27/1937; 05/28/1937; 05/29/1937

  • Vol.30.p.481

    • Diary page dates 05/29/1937; 05/30/1937

  • Vol.31.p.554

    • Diary page dates 11/08/1937; 11/09/1937; 11/10/1937; 11/11/1937

Maps & Plans 12

Drawings 1

Published Documents 4

Unpublished Documents 18

Full Bibliography

  • Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G259.

    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. 203.

    Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box M 3, Description of Cemetery G 7000, pp. 447, 449b-449c.

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • 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.