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G 2220

Western Cemetery

Details

  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Alternate Reisner No
    m2
  • Junker No
    X 4
  • Reisner Date
    Late Menkaure - post-Neferirkare
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Dyn 4 or early Dyn 5
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 2220 B ; G 2220 C

Finds 16

Excavation Diary Pages 41

Maps & Plans 15

Drawings 7

Published Documents 5

Unpublished Documents 43

Full Bibliography

  • Manuelian, Peter Der. Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis. Publications of the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Egypt 7. New Haven & Philadelphia: Peabody Museum of Natural History of Yale University & University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2003, pp. 36, 143, 144, 155, 156, figs, 231- 233.

    Manuelian, Peter Der. "Hemiunu, Pehenptah, and German/American Collaboration at the Giza Necropolis (Giza Archives Project Gleanings: II)." In Antje Spiekermann, ed. Zur Zierde gereicht. . . Festschrift Bettina Schmitz zum 60. Geburtstag am 24. Juli 2008, HIldesheimer Ägyptologische Beiträge 50. Hildesheim: Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg, 2008, p. 31.

    Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Re-examination of Reisner's Nucleus Cemetery Concept at Giza. Preliminary Remarks on Cemetery G 2100." In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, pp. 224, 226-228, 230, fig. 2.

    Manuelian, Peter Der. “The Problem of the Giza Slab Stelae.” In Stationen: Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte Ägyptens: Festschrift für Rainer Stadelmann. Edited by Heike Guksch and Daniel Polz. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1998, p. 125.

    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. 83.

    Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 216, 450-453, figs. 275-276, 278, pls. 41- 42.

People 1

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.