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Details

ID
G 8957
Alternate IDs
G 8957; G8957
Site Name
Central Field (Hassan)
Site Type
Stone-built mastaba
Site Dates
type: PorterMoss Date; date: Dynasty 5
Tomb Owner
Yes
Bibliography
Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 2: 1930-1931. Cairo: Faculty of Arts of the Egyptian University & Government Press, 1936, pp. 87-95, figs. 92-100, pls. 27-28. 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, W-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. 281, plan 23, C/D-9/10.
Remarks
Mastaba is southwest of G 8960 (Kaunisut) and southeast of G 8970 (Mastaba of Shaft 322). Excavated in 1930-1931 by Hassan.
Research Activity
Substructure. 6 shafts, four of them are without side-chambers. Superstructure. The mastaba has no chapel. It has in its eastern outer wall the recesses of two false doors, only the northern of which was found. It is decorated with inscriptions and figures of owner and family and offerings.

Finds 3

Maps and Plans 2

Photos 4

Ancient People 14

Modern People 1

Published Documents 3