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ID
G 8785
Alternate IDs
G8785; G 8785
Site Name
Central Field (Hassan)
Site Type
Stone-built mastaba
Site Dates
type: PorterMoss Date; date: Dynasty 5-6
Tomb Owner
Yes
Bibliography
Freed, Rita E. "Rethiking the Rules for Old Kingdom Sculpture. Observations on Poses and Attributes of Limestone Statuary from Giza." In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, p. 156, fig. 15. Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 5: 1933-1934. With Special Chapters on Methods of Excavation, the False-Door, and Other Archaeological and Religious Subjects. Cairo: Government Press, 1944, pp. 299-302, figs. 159-160, pls. 60-61. 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, Q/R-10/11. 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. 275, plan 23, C/D-7.
Remarks
Mastaba built northwest of G 8800 (Kednes (1)) and northeast of G 8746 (Nefernemtut). Excavated in 1933-1934 by Hassan.

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Photos 4

Ancient People 3

Modern People 1

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