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A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix O: Cemetery G 6000, page 015

*The original, paper version of this page in “Appendix O: Cemetery G 6000” can be found in archival box L14 in the Egyptian Section archives of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date
    about 1934—1942
  • Mentioned on page
    Iymery (G 6020)
    Khutenptah (in G 6020)
    Rahetep (in G 6020)
    Sankhuptah (in G 6020)
    Shepseskafankh (G 6040)
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 6020

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 6

Ancient People

  • Iymery (G 6020)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of (G 6020). Son of Shepseskafankh (owner of G 6040).

  • Khutenptah (in G 6020)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Appears in chapel relief in tomb of Iymery (owner of G 6020), third chamber, south wall, identified as [qd] architect, builder; in situ in G 6020. see Kent R. Weeks, Mastabas of Cemetery G 6000, Giza Mastabas 5 (Boston, 1994), p. 53, text 2.140; fig. 43, pl. 29 (Harvard University--Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition photo A4436)

  • Rahetep (in G 6020)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Appears in chapel relief in tomb of Iymery (owner of G 6020), north wall, identified as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; in situ in G 6020.

  • Sankhuptah (in G 6020)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Appears in chapel relief in tomb of Iymery (owner of G 6020), third chamber, south wall, identified as [jmj-r pr] overseer of the house; in situ in G 6020. see Kent R. Weeks, Mastabas of Cemetery G 6000, Giza Mastabas 5 (Boston, 1994), p. 53, text 2.139; fig. 43, pl. 29 (Harvard University--Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition photo A4436)

  • Shepseskafankh (G 6040)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 6040.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Author
    • 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.