G 8816
Central Field (Hassan)
Details
- ID
- G 8816
- Alternate IDs
- G 8816; G8816
- Site Name
- Central Field (Hassan)
- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
- Site Dates
- type: PorterMoss Date; date: Dynasty 6
- Tomb Owner
- Yes
- Bibliography
- Fischer, Henry G. "The ideographic use of [GLYPH] in a group of Old-Kingdom names." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 60 (1974), p. 247. Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 2: 1930-1931. Cairo: Faculty of Arts of the Egyptian University & Government Press, 1936, pp. 159-168, figs. 188-201, pls. 56-60. Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 5: 1933-1934. With Special Chapters on Methods of Excavation, the False-Door, and Other Archaeological and Religious Subjects. Cairo: Government Press, 1944, p. 316 [24], pl. 70 [E]. Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 6: 1934-1935. Part 2: The Offering List in the Old Kingdom. Cairo: Government Press, 1948, pls. 57-64 [66]. 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, R-9. 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. 261, plan 23, B-7.
- Remarks
- Mastaba lies south of Khafre Causeway, against northeast side of G 8814 (Mastaba of Shaft 275) and west of G 8834 (Mastaba of Shaft G 260). Excavated in 1930-1931 by Hassan.
- Research Activity
- Substructure. Behind the false-doors are the two principal shafts, S 226 and S 254, with side burial chambers. There are another three shafts: S 266, S 267, and S 232. Superstructure. All the walls of the mastaba are exceedingly damaged and three courses only of the original height are still in situ. Incribed parts of the broken jambs and drum were found. The lintel and drum were inscribed with the name and titles of the deceased. On the western wall of the chapel are the lower parts of two decorated false-doors showing the deceased receiving offerings accompanied by inscriptions.
