G I-b Boat Pit
Khufu Pyramid Complex
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Other No
- Queen's Boat Pit S of G I-b
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- Reisner Date
- Dynasty 4
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- Site Type
- Pit
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- Shafts
- G I-b Boat Pit
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- Remarks
- G I-b Boat Pit is located in Avenue G 2, the street south of G I-b and north of G I-c, at southwest end of G I-b.
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- Diary page dates 11/13/1924
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- Diary page dates 12/24/1925
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- Diary page dates 12/25/1925
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- Diary page dates 12/26/1925
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- Diary page dates 12/27/1925
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- Diary page dates 12/28/1925
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G I-b Boat Pit: pottery, jar with two handles
- ID HUMFA_EG024626
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Hawass, Zahi. "Khufu's National Project: The Great Pyramid of Giza in the Year 2528 B.C." In Peter Janosi, ed. Structure and Significance: Thoughts on Ancient Egyptian Architecture, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2005, p. 312, fig. 4.
Hawass, Zahi. "The Discovery of Pyramidion of the Satellite Pyramid of Khufu [GID], with an Appendix by Josef Dorner" In Charles C. Van Siclen III, ed. Iubilate Conlegae. Studies in Memory of Abdel Aziz Sadek, Part 1. Varia Aegyptiaca 10, Nos. 2-3 (August-December 1995). San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1997, pp. 105-106.
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. 16, plan 5.
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.