G 8950
Central Field (Hassan)
Details
- ID
- G 8950
- Alternate IDs
- G 8950; G8950
- Site Name
- Central Field (Hassan)
- Site Type
- Rock-cut tomb w/ mud brick
- 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. 96-103, figs. 101-111, pls. 29-32. 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-11. Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G396. 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, D-10.
- Remarks
- Mastaba built northwest of G 8934 (Kausert) and south of G 8957 (Nefretnisut). Excavated in 1930-1931 by Hassan.
- Research Activity
- Substructure. Four shafts with side burial chambers. Superstructure. With only four courses of masonry left, the doorway leads to a long chapel where the western wall has four false-doors, two of which are decorated with scenes of the owners and family representations. The owner's serdab is located behind the second false-door.
