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Details

ID
G 8420
Alternate IDs
G 8420; G8420
Site Name
Central Field (Hassan)
Site Type
Rock-cut tomb
Site Dates
type: PorterMoss Date; date: Middle Dynasty 5 or later
Tomb Owner
Yes
Bibliography
Brovarski, Edward. "The Doors of Heaven." Orientalia 46 (1977), p. 110. Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 3: 1931-1932. Cairo: Faculty of Arts, Fouad I University & Government Press, 1941, pp. 200-218, figs. 167-189, pls. 59-61. Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 4: 1932-1933. Cairo: Government Press, 1943, pp. 71, 85, fig. 41. 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, P-13. Lepsius, Denkmaeler Text 1, p. 121. Lepsius, Denkmaeler 1, p. 31. Lepsius, Denkmaeler 2, p. 95. 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, pp. 258-259, plan 23. Strudwick, Nigel. "Three Monuments of Old Kingdom Treasury Officials." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 71 (1985), p. 51.
Remarks
Mastaba built west north of G 8400 (Lepsius 100), west of G 8658 (Medunefer (2)). Excavated in 1931-1932 by Hassan.

Finds 2

Maps and Plans 3

Drawings 1

Photos 13

Ancient People 4

Modern People 2

Published Documents 5