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Details

ID
G 8404
Alternate IDs
G 8404; G8404
Site Name
Central Field (Hassan)
Site Type
Rock-cut tomb
Site Dates
type: PorterMoss Date; date: Dyn 5 or 6; reused Late Period; type: PorterMoss Date; date: Dynasty 5-6
Tomb Owner
No
Bibliography
Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 3: 1931-1932. Cairo: Faculty of Arts, Fouad I University & Government Press, 1941, pp. 223-228, figs. 194-198, pl. 63. 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, O-13/14. 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. 256, plan 23, E-6.
Remarks
Mastaba built north of G 8400 (Lepsius 100), west of G 8406 (Sankhu) and southwest of G 8408 (Bunefer). Re-used in Late Period. Excavated in 1931-1932 by Hassan. Called Tomb I in Porter-Moss III.
Problems/Questions
"West of G 8404 (Mataba I)" corrected to read "west of G 8406 (Sankhu)."

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