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Details

ID
G 8990
Alternate IDs
G 8990; G8990
Site Name
Central Field (Hassan)
Site Type
Stone-built mastaba
Site Dates
type: PorterMoss Date; date: End of Dynasty 5; type: Baer Date; date: End of Dynasty 5; type: Harpur Date; date: Unis; type: Kanawati Date; date: Early Unis
Tomb Owner
Yes
Bibliography
Eaton-Krauss, Marianne. "Pseudo-Groups." In Rainer Stadelmann and Hourig Sourouzian, eds. Kunst des Alten Reiches: Symposium im Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Kairo am 29. und 30. Oktober 1991. Sonderschrift des Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Abteilung Kairo 28, Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995, p. 61. Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 1: 1929-1930. Oxford & Cairo: Faculty of Arts of the Egyptian University & Oxford University Press, 1932, pp. 20, 48-51, 104-117, figs. 14, 58-60, 177-187, pls. 67-77, plan on Frontispiece. Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 6: 1934-1935. Part 2: The Offering List in the Old Kingdom. Cairo: Government Press, 1948, p. 122, pls. 25-32. Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 9: 1936-37-38. The Mastabas of the Eighth Season and their Description. Cairo: General Organisation for Government Printing Offices, 1960, folded plan T/10. Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G356. 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, pp. 269-270, plan 23, C-8. Scharff, Alexander. "On the Statuary of the Old Kingdom." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 26 (1941), p. 48, pl. X.3. Sethe, Kurt. Urkunden des Alten Reichs. Erster Band. Urkunden des Ägyptischen Altertums Abteilung 1, Hft. 1-4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1903/1933, pp. 229 [5 (145) J], 234 [9 (149)].
Remarks
Mastaba built west of G 8989 (Neferwent) and east of G 8887 (Mastaba of Shaft 294), along west side of G 8988 (Rawer (1)). Excavated in 1929-1930 by Hassan.

Finds 6

Maps and Plans 2

Photos 7

Ancient People 10

Modern People 1

Published Documents 8

Unpublished Documents 2