Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1008
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- Tomb Owner
- Shepseskafankh (G 1008)
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Baer Date
- Dynasty 5
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 5
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- G 1008 A; G 1008 B; G 1008 D; G 1008 Serdab; G 1008 Chapel
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- Remarks
- Mastaba built off west wall of G 2000 at its southern end.
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- Diary page dates 10/17/1913
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- ID HUMFA_EG020745
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- ID HUMFA_EG020750
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L04_G1000TombPlans_p001
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L04_G1000TombPlans_p005
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L04_Text_changeMapG1000
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L04_Text_changes_p001
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- ID: HUMFA_EG010105
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Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G49.
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. 52, plan 10.
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 252 [12].
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), p. 244.
Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box L 4, Appendix G, Cemetery G 1000-1100, pp. 17-18.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 1008. False door inscribed for Shepseskafankh, identified as [sAb nxt-xrw] strong-of-voice of the judiciary; in situ in G 1008.
Modern People
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- 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.