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ID
G 8554
Alternate IDs
G 8554; G8554
Site Name
Central Field (Hassan)
Site Type
Rock-cut tomb
Site Dates
type: PorterMoss Date; date: Dynasty 6
Tomb Owner
Yes
Bibliography
Brovarski, Edward. "False Doors & History: the Sixth Dynasty." In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, pp. 114-115. Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 6: 1934-1935. Part 3: The Mastabas of the Sixth Season and their Description. Cairo: Government Press, 1950, pp. 217-224, figs. 214-223, pls. 90-92. 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. 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. 250, plan 23, B-7.
Remarks
Family mastaba built just south of Khufu causeway, east of G 8532 (Seshemnefer (1)), northwest of G 8816 (Khenu (1)), and north of the passage leading to G 8530 (Rekhetre) at a distance of about 9.9 meters. Excavated in 1934-1935 by Hassan.

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Ancient People 3

Modern People 1

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