G 9550
Sphinx Complex
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- Tomb Owner
- Ahmose (G 9550)
- Nakhtbasteru (G 9550)
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- Attested
- Amasis (in G 9550)
- Tashentihet (in G 9550)
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- Excavator
- (Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884
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- Lepsius No
- L.83
- LG 83
- Lepsius 83
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 26
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- Site Type
- Rock-cut tomb
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is on north side of and along Khafre's Causeway, northwest of the Sphinx, east of G 9600 (Lepsius 82) and west of G 9500 (Lepsius 84). Excavated by Lepsius.
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Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 9: 1936-37-38. The Mastabas of the Eighth Season and their Description. Cairo: General Organisation for Government Printing Offices, 1960, folded plan, O/R-4/5, not drawn.
Hawass, Zahi. "The Khufu Statuette: Is it an Old Kingdom Sculpture?" In Paule Posener-Kriéger, ed. Mélanges Gamal Eddin Mokhtar, vol. I. Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1985, p. 391.
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, pp. 289-290, plan 3.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Son of Queen Nakhtbasteru & King Amasis.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Twenty-Sixth Dynasty Pharaoh, husband of Queen Nakhtbasteru, and father of Ahmose (G 9550).
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Wife of Pharaoh Amasis and mother of Ahmose (G 9550).
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Daughter of Desnub & ?
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1810–1884
- Remarks Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.