G 1461
Western Cemetery
Details
- ID
- G 1461
- Alternate IDs
- G1461; G 1461
- Site Name
- Western Cemetery
- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
- Site Dates
- type: PorterMoss Date; date: Dynasty 5-6
- Tomb Owner
- No
- Bibliography
- 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. 64. Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box L 8, Appendix J: The Mastabas in Cemeteries G 1400 and G 3000, p. 42. Strudwick, Nigel. "Three Monuments of Old Kingdom Treasury Officials." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 71 (1985), pp. 43-44.
- Remarks
- Mastabas G 1459, 1460 & 1461 lie east to west in German concession in a row west of G 1458 and southwest of G 1457. Mastabas drawn but not labeled on plan EG002029. Drum of Nefer found in debris by Reisner while he was digging nearby. Tomb later excavated by Junker. MASTABAS G 1458-1461 MAY BE JUNKER'S ITJU, ANKHMARE (2), SENEB, AND POSSIBLY S 4523 OR ANKH.
