G 7821
Eastern Cemetery
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- Tomb Owner
- Neferseshemptah Sheshi (G 7821)
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- Attested
- Meresankh (in G 7821)
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 5-6
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- Site Type
- Rock-cut tomb
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- Shafts
- G 7821 Chapel a; G 7821 Chapel b; G 7821 A; G 7821 B; G 7821 C
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- HUMFA_31-1-269
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Faience amulet of Isis and Horus
- HUMFA_31-1-274
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- HUMFA_31-1-272
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- HUMFA_31-1-271
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Faience wadj (papyrus column) amulet
- HUMFA_31-1-273
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- HUMFA_31-1-279
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- HUMFA_31-1-229
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Fragment of faience amulet of Bes (?)
- HUMFA_31-1-275
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- HUMFA_31-1-226
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- HUMFA_31-1-278
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- HUMFA_31-1-276
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- HUMFA_31-1-270
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Jewelry: faience band ring fragment
- HUMFA_31-1-277
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- HUMFA_31-1-230
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- HUMFA_31-1-231
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- Diary page dates 01/16/1931; 01/17/1931
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- Diary page dates 01/17/1931; 01/18/1931
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- Diary page dates 01/18/1931; 01/19/1931
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- Diary page dates 01/19/1931; 01/20/1931; 01/21/1931
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- Diary page dates 01/21/1931; 01/22/1931
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- Diary page dates 01/22/1931; 01/23/1931
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- Diary page dates 01/23/1931
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- Diary page dates 01/26/1931
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- ID HUMFA_EG021542
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.23
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- ID: HUMFA_PL341
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- ID: HUMFA_PL386
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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. 205.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Wife of Nefereseshemptah (owner of G 7821). Appears in chapel relief, south door jamb (standing with her husband), identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in G 7821.
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Neferseshemptah Sheshi (G 7821)
- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 7821. Neferseshemptah Sheshi called Djefai. Chapel entrance lintel inscribed for Neferseshemptah Sheshi, identified as [rx nswt jmj-r pr Hwt aAt] royal acquaintance, steward of the Great Estate; also appears on chapel entrance door jambs (standing with wife Meresankh); in situ in G 7821.
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.