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A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix M: Cemetery G 2100, page 034

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*The original, paper version of this page in “Appendix M: Cemetery G 2100” can be found in archival box L13 in the Egyptian Section archives of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date
    about 1934—1942
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Mentioned on page
    Ptahwer (G 2151)

Tombs and Monuments 13

  • G 2130

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2131

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2132

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2133

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2134

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2135

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2136

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2137

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2138

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2139

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2140

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2150

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2151

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 2

Ancient People

  • Ptahwer (G 2151)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 2151. North and south false doors and offering basin inscribed for Ptahwer, identified (on offering basin) as [rx nswt jmj-r Hmw-kA] royal acquaintance, overseer of ka-priests; offering basin found in situ in G 2151, false doors still in situ in G 2151. Also appears twice in chapel relief in tomb of Kanefer (owner of G 2150), west wall of interior chapel (upper register of relief in front of standing figure of Kanefer), and facade face of block from south door jamb (32-12-7 = MFA 34.58, including section of facade to south) of interior chapel entrance (top register in front of missing figure of Kanefer), identified in both places as [jmj-r Hmw-kA] overseer of ka-priests; west wall in situ in G 2150, blocks of south door jamb found displaced and removed from site.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Author
    • 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.