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Small mud-brick mastaba located southeast of the mastaba of Semerka near the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery.

Details

ID
Meshaef
Alternate IDs
Meshaef
Site Name
Western Cemetery
Site Type
Mud-brick mastaba
Site Dates
type: PorterMoss Date; date: Dynasty 5-6
Tomb Owner
Yes
Bibliography
Brovarski 2018 Leclant, in Orientalia, N.S. 23 (1954), p. 72 [2, a]. 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, p. 47, plan 7.
Remarks
Abu-Bakr Excavation (1953). The mastaba of Semerka overlaps the northwest corner of Meshaef’s mastaba, indicating that Meshaef was likely built against the former.

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