S 896/899
Western Cemetery
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 896; S 896 a; S 899; S 891; S 893; S 894; S 895; S 895 a; S 895 b; S 912
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is in street off northeast corner of G 5040 and off west wall of G 5140. Unclear from Junker notes, but one can presume following 7 shafts are part of this mastaba: S 891, S 893, S 894, S 895, S 895 a, S 895 b, S 912
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- Problems/Questions
- Problem; Where is this mastaba?
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 7. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Erster Teil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 3. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1944, p. 30, fig. 10, plan after pl. 40.
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.
