G 5520
Western Cemetery
Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2370, G 5555, G 5554, G 5553, G 5552, G 2342 = G 5520, G 5540, G 5551
Details
- ID
- G 5520
- Alternate IDs
- G5520; G 5520
- Site Name
- Western Cemetery
- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
- Site Dates
- type: PorterMoss Date; date: Late Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6; type: Harpur Date; date: Unis - Dynasty 6?; type: Strudwick Date; date: Late Dynasty 5 - early Dynasty 6
- Tomb Owner
- Yes
- Bibliography
- Hawass, Zahi. "A Burial with an Unusual Plaster Mask in the Western Cemetery of Khufu's Pyramid." In Renée Friedman and Barbara Adams, eds. The Followers of Horus. Studies dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman 1944-1990. Egyptian Studies Association Publication No. 2. Oxbow Monograph 20. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1992, pp. 328-330, figs. 2, 3. Lepsius, Denkmaeler Text 1, pp. 58-59 Lepsius, Denkmaeler 1, fig. 23. Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G224-G225. 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. 164, plan 16. Reisner, George A. "The Dog Which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 34, No. 206 (December 1936), p. 98. Reisner, George A. "Ancient King Gives Dog A Royal Burial." The American Kennel Gazette 55, No. 5 (May 1, 1938), pp. 180-181. Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 264-265, fig. 163. Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box K 10, pp. 56 m-q.
- Remarks
- Renamed. Originally G 2342 A, B, C, D, T, U, V, W, 2 Serdabs, Chapel a, Chapel b, Chapel c, Chapel d.
