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G 2210

Western Cemetery

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18 of 106 • Cemetery G 2200: G 2210 A, "window" above chamber II, looking S
Limestone block from G 2210 A, door block (III W)
Limestone block from G 2210 A, door block (III W)
Limestone block from G 2210 A, door block (III S)
Top of limestone block from G 2210 A, inner door block (V S)
Cemetery G 2200: G 2210 A, burial chamber corner, casing of W wall, looking W
Cemetery G 2200: G 2210 A, "window" above chamber II, looking S
Cemetery G 2200: G 2210 A, burial chamber, remains of burial (skeleton) and debris on floor, looking W
Cemetery G 2200: G 2210 A, floor of burial chamber, looking SW
Cemetery G 2200: G 2210 A, floor of burial chamber, looking S
Cemetery G 2200: G 2210 A, burial chamber corner, casing of N wall, looking N
Cemetery G 2200: G 2210 A, burial chamber corner, casing of E wall, looking E
Cemetery G 2200: G 2210 A, burial chamber corner, casing of S wall, looking S

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2210

Details

  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Attested
    Rawer (east of G 2210)
  • Alternate Reisner No
    m1
  • Junker No
    X 3
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 2210 A; G 2210 X; G 2210 Y

Finds 21

Excavation Diary Pages 32

  • Vol.03.p.076

    • Diary page dates 03/28/1912; 03/29/1912; 03/30/1912; 03/31/1912

  • Vol.03.p.081

    • Diary page dates 04/01/1912; 04/02/1912; 04/03/1912; 04/04/1912

  • Vol.07.p.010[3]

    • Diary page dates 09/27/1913 - 10/02/1913; 10/03/1913; 10/04/1913 - 10/14/1913

  • Vol.25.p.1176

    • Diary page dates 04/25/1932; 04/26/1932; 04/27/1932

  • Vol.25.p.1177

    • Diary page dates 04/27/1932; 04/28/1932

  • Vol.25.p.1178

    • Diary page dates 04/28/1932; 04/29/1932; 04/30/1932

  • Vol.25.p.1179

    • Diary page dates 04/30/1932; 05/01/1932

  • Vol.25.p.1180

    • Diary page dates 05/01/1932; 05/02/1932; 05/03/1932; 05/04/1932

  • Vol.25.p.1181

    • Diary page dates 05/05/1932 through 05/14/1932

  • Vol.25.p.1182

    • Diary page dates 05/15/1932 through 06/03/1932

  • Vol.25.p.1183

    • Diary page dates 06/04/1932 through 06/20/1932

  • Vol.25.p.1184

    • Diary page dates 06/21/1932 through 07/08/1932

  • Vol.25.p.1185

    • Diary page dates 07/09/1932 through 07/19/1932

  • Vol.25.p.1186

    • Diary page dates 07/26/1932 through 08/07/1932

  • Vol.26.p.1187

    • Diary page dates 08/08/1932; 08/09/1932; 08/10/1932; 08/11/1932; 08/12/1932

  • Vol.26.p.1188

    • Diary page dates 08/12/1932 through 08/19/1932

  • Vol.26.p.1189

    • Diary page dates 10/07/1932; 10/08/1932; 10/09/1932; 10/10/1932; 10/11/1932

  • Vol.26.p.1190

    • Diary page dates 10/12/1932; 10/13/1932; 10/14/1932; 10/15/1932; 10/16/1932; 10/17/1932;

  • Vol.26.p.1191

    • Diary page dates 12/16/1932 through 12/26/1932

  • Vol.27.p.032

    • Diary page dates 04/01/1935; 04/02/1935; 04/03/1935; 04/04/1935

  • Vol.27.p.033

    • Diary page dates 04/04/1935; 04/05/1935

  • Vol.27.p.044

    • Diary page dates 04/26/1935; 04/27/1935; 04/28/1935; 04/29/1935; 04/30/1935

  • Vol.27.p.045

    • Diary page dates 05/01/1935 through 05/09/1935

  • Vol.27.p.049

    • Diary page dates 05/13/1935; 05/14/1935; 05/15/1935; 05/16/1935

  • Vol.27.p.050

    • Diary page dates 05/16/1935; 05/17/1935

  • Vol.27.p.051

    • Diary page dates 05/17/1935; 05/18/1935

  • Vol.27.p.052

    • Diary page dates 05/18/1935; 05/19/1935; 05/20/1935

  • Vol.27.p.058

    • Diary page dates 05/27/1935 through 06/03/1935

  • Vol.27.p.059

    • Diary page dates 06/03/1935; 06/04/1935; 06/05/1935

  • Vol.28.p.225

    • Diary page dates 01/01/1936 through 01/08/1936

  • Vol.32.p.635

    • Diary page dates 03/25/1938; 03/26/1938

  • Vol.32.p.651

    • Diary page dates 05/01/1938; 05/02/1938

Maps & Plans 15

Drawings 12

Published Documents 2

Unpublished Documents 19

Full Bibliography

  • Jánosi, Peter. "The Tombs of Officials. Houses of Eternity." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 38, note 33.

    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, 226-229, fig. 2.

    Reisner, George A. "Report on the Egyptian Expedition during 1934-35." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 33, No. 199 (October 1935), p. 72.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Rawer (east of G 2210)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears on stela, identified as [wab nswt] royal wab-priest; found in passage between G 2210 and G 2220, north of chamber of G 2210.

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.