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Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1008

Cemetery G 1000: G 1008, Shepseskafankh, chapel, W wall, upper part of false door inscribed for Shepseskafankh (upper lintel with unfinished inscription, inscribed crossbar = lower lintel and drum lintel), looking W

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C10095_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1008
  • Date
    May 1904
  • Problems/Questions
    view from E corrected to read looking W; niche corrected to read false door; description expanded based on image content
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 1008

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Photographer
    • 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.