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G 2409

Western Cemetery

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Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2407, G 2409, G 2419

Details

  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Attested
    Meset (in G 2409)
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 2409 Serdab; G 2409 A; G 2409 B; G 2409 C; G 2409 D; G 2409 E; G 2409 F; G 2409 G; G 2409 X; G 2409 Y; G 2409 Z

Finds 14

Excavation Diary Pages 17

Maps & Plans 32

Drawings 10

Published Documents 3

Unpublished Documents 38

Full Bibliography

  • Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G140.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Meset (in G 2409)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears on fragment of relief (35-9-55), possibly part of false door tablet (seated at offering table); found displaced in G 2409 X (top of shaft), mastaba of origin unknown. Name may be only partially preserved. Possibly same individual as Kaemiset represented by inscribed limestone seated statue (36-4-52 = Cairo JE 67571); found in G 2407 D.

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.