Digital Giza | G 8900

ID: G 8900
Alternate IDs: G8900; G 8900
Site Name: Central Field (Hassan)
Site Type: Half-mastaba/half rock-cut
Site Dates: type: PorterMoss Date; date: Late Dynasty 5
Tomb Owner: Yes
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Remarks: Mastaba built east of G 8882 (Wepemnefret Wep) and west of G 8920 (Washduau). Excavated in 1930-1931 by Hassan.
Research Activity: Substructure. Three shafts: Shaft 376 with a side chamber containing a sarcophagus built high above the floor; Shaft 377 and Shaft 378. Superstructure. Two separate chapels with two decorated entrances. In the middle of the eastern wall is a false-door of the wife of Nimaatre. The western and northern walls of Neferesris's chapel are built in limesone, while the western and southern walls of Nimaatre's are cut in mother rock. In the two-pillared (southern) chapel of Nimaatre, the walls have traces of daily life and offering scenes. The chapel's western wall has a palace facade flanked by two false-doors under a cornice. In the northern chapel of Neferesris, only the entrance and western wall (which has a false-door) are decorated with inscriptions and with figures of deceased standing or seated to receive offerings.