G 9120
Sphinx Complex
Details
- ID
- G 9120
- Alternate IDs
- G9120; G 9120
- Site Name
- Sphinx Complex
- Site Type
- Rock-cut tomb
- Site Dates
- type: PorterMoss Date; date: Dynasty 5-6
- Tomb Owner
- Yes
- Bibliography
- Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 8: 1936-1937. The Great Sphinx and its Secrets. Historical Studies in the Light of the Recent Excavations. Cairo: Government Press, 1953, pp. 55-59, figs. 44-46, 49, plan on pl. 16. 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, pp. 5, 12, 17-19, figs. 4-6, pl. 5, folded plan, X-3. Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G273. 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. 214, plan 6.
- Remarks
- Rock-cut tomb in cliff bordering north side of Sphinx depression, east of G 9130 (Rock Cut tomb No. 3) and west of G 9110 (Rock Cut Tomb No. 5) which is west of G 9090 (Rock Cut Tomb No. 7). Drawn and labeled 4 on The Great Sphinx plan, Rock Cut Tomb of Akhre on Giza 9 plan, and Ankhre (No. 4 of Hassan) on Porter-Moss plan. Excavated in 1935-1936 by Hassan.
