Digital Giza | G 2156'

Tomb Owner

Redines (G 2156')
Excavator

George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
Baer Date

Dynasty 6
PorterMoss Date

Dynasty 6
Site Type

Stone-built mastaba
Shafts

G 2156' A; G 2156' B; G 2156' C
Remarks

This is Reisner's G 2156 (called G 2156' ) which abuts south side of G 2220, east of G 2139, north of G 2154a and west of G 2222. Junker's G 2156 is along east side of G 2155.

Vol.32.p.658
- Diary page dates 05/07/1938; 05/08/1938
Vol.32.p.659
- Diary page dates 05/07/1938; 05/08/1938
Vol.32.p.660
- Diary page dates 05/08/1938
Vol.32.p.661
- Diary page dates 05/08/1938

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.
- Date: 1974

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 131
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K01_ChapIX_p131
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 131 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K02_ChapIX_p131

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. 80, plan 11 (labeled G 2156).

Ancient People

Redines (G 2156')
- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 2156' (abutting south end of G 2220, not to be confused with G 2156, Kaninisut [II]). False door inscribed for Redines, identified as [wab nswt Hrj-sStA xntj-S pr-aA Hm-nTr Hr mDdw jmj-r wpwt xntjw-S pr-aA] royal wab-priest, secretary, palace attendant of the Great House, priest of the Horus Medjedu (Khufu), overseer of commissions of palace attendants of the Great House; found in situ in G 2156' chapel, now broken, partially displaced, and partially restored.

Modern People

George Andrew Reisner
- 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.