Digital Giza | G 8988

ID: G 8988
Alternate IDs: G 8988; G8988
Site Name: Central Field (Hassan)
Site Type: Stone-built mastaba
Site Dates: type: PorterMoss Date; date: Neferirkare or a little later; type: Baer Date; date: Neferirkare - mid Dynasty 5; type: Harpur Date; date: Neferirkare; type: Jacquet-Gordon Date; date: Neferirkare
Tomb Owner: Yes
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Remarks: Mastaba complex built west of G 8972 (Mastaba of Shaft 35) and east of G 8993 (Kaemnefert Complex). Excavated in 1929-1930 by Hassan.