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S 871

Western Cemetery

Details

  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    5 unlabeled shafts?
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is second of three in a west to east line off east side of G 5140 and north of Khentkaus. The first of these three mastabas was completey quarried away, leaving only two shafts (one labeled S 840) against G 5140's east wall. S 871 is east of this first mastaba, and has 5 unlabeled shafts.
  • Problems/Questions
    Problem; Where is this mastaba?

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • 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. 89, fig. 35, plan after pl. 40.

People 1

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • 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.