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Meshetj

Western Cemetery

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4 of 5 • Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Meshetj, chapel corridor entrance, inscribed lintel and drum lintel, looking N
General plan of Western Cemetery
Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: Steindorff Cemetery (far Western Cemetery, central strip), published in H. Junker, Giza 5 and Giza 9
Junker Cemetery (west): G 1351, with ramp up to S end, mastaba of Hetepkhnemet (back of false door visible middle ground left), mastaba S 4370/4378 and mastaba of Meshetj (to N, background left), mastaba S 4299 (foreground center) and mastaba S 4290 (middle ground right), looking NE
Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Meshetj, chapel corridor entrance, inscribed lintel and drum lintel, looking N
Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Meshetj, corridor chapei, mud brick arches, small window in N wall, looking N

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Meshetj

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Meshetj (Meshetj)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-casing mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 4396; S 4397; S 4398; S 4403
  • Remarks
    Mastaba built against west side of G 1351 at its south end, and against north side of S 4370/4378. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on plan EG002029.

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Bolshakov, Andrey. "Osiris in the Fourth Dynasty Again? The False Door of Jntj, MFA 31.781." In Hedvig Györy, ed. Mélanges offerts à Edith Varga. Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts Supplément-2001, Budapest: Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts, 2001, pp. 71, 72, n. 60.

    Junker, Hermann. Gîza 9. Das Mittelfeld des Westfriedhofs. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 73, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1950, pp. 233-236, figs. 105-106, pls. 2 [c], 18 [a, c], plan 3 after pl. 20.

    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. 105, plan 13.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Meshetj (Meshetj)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Meshetj (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Chapel entrance drum lintel inscribed for Meshetj, identified as [sHD wabw Axt-xwfw] inspector of wab-priests of the pyramid of Khufu; in situ in mastaba of Meshetj.

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.