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G 4640

Western Cemetery

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8 of 52 • Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to W) and G 4740 (to E), pits of G 4643 in street, looking S
Plan of cemetery G 4000
Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4740 (to N) and G 4730 (to S), G 4732 and G 4731 (abutting S end of G 4740), looking W (false door of G 4640, middle ground right)
Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4740 (to E) and G 4640 (to W), G 4643 and G 4642 (in street between), looking S to N end of G 4631 (between G 4730 and G 4630) and beyond to Khafre pyramid (Junker's German-Austrian concession in foreground; S ends of G 4750, foreground left, and G 4650, foreground right)
Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to W) and G 4740 (to E), remains of chapel and false door in situ on E face of G 4640, G 4642 and G 4643 in street to N, looking N (G 4641, foreground right)
Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to W) and G 4740 (to E), showing masonry between N end of G 4630 (to W) and N end of G 4730 (to E), pits of G 4643 and G 4642 in street, looking S
Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4740 (to N) and G 4730 (to S), G 4732 and G 4731 (abutting S end of G 4740), looking W (false door of G 4640, middle ground right)
Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to W) and G 4740 (to E), pits of G 4643 in street, looking S
Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to W) and G 4740 (to E), looking N
Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to S) and G 4650 (= VI s) (to N), G 4646 (abutting S end of G 4650), looking W
Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4730 through G 4630 (to S) and G 4740 through G 4640 (to N), G 4731 (abutting S end of G 4740), G 4641 (abutting SW corner of G 4740), G 4633+4634 (abutting N end of G 4630), looking W (false door of G 4640, middle ground right)
Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to N) and G 4630 (to S), G 4633+4634 (abutting N end of G 4630), looking SW
Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4630 through G 4730 (to S) and G 4640 through G 4740 (to N), G 4632 (abutting SW corner of G 4640), G 4731 and G 4732 (abutting S end of G 4740), looking E
Cemetery G 4000: G 4640 A, limestone reserve head (13-12-7 = Cairo JE 46216) in situ in pit

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640, G 4740, G 4643

Details

  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • PorterMoss Date
    Middle or late Dynasty 4
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 4640 A; G 4640 Chapel a; G 4640 Chapel b; G 4640 Chapel c

Finds 23

Excavation Diary Pages 9

Maps & Plans 11

Drawings 11

Published Documents 3

Unpublished Documents 59

Full Bibliography

  • 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. 134.

    Reisner, George A. "Accessions to the Egyptian Department During 1914." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 13, No. 76 (April 1915), pp. 29, 31, fig. 1.

    Reisner, George A., and Clarence S. Fisher. "Preliminary Report on the Work of the Harvard-Boston Expedition in 1911-13." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte 13 (1914), pp. 227-252.

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.