Rock Cut Tomb No. 9
Sphinx Complex
Details
- ID
- Rock Cut Tomb No. 9
- Alternate IDs
- RockCutTombNo.9; Rock Cut Tomb No. 9
- Site Name
- Sphinx Complex
- Site Type
- Rock-cut tomb
- Site Dates
- type: PorterMoss Date; date: Old Kingdom
- Tomb Owner
- No
- Bibliography
- Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 8: 1936-1937. The Great Sphinx and its Secrets. Historical Studies in the Light of the Recent Excavations. Cairo: Government Press, 1953, p. 59, fig. 50, plan on pl. 16. 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, p. 27, pl. 1, folded plan, Y/Z-3. 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. 215, plan 6.
- Remarks
- Rock-cut tomb in cliff bordering north side of Sphinx depression, east of G 9090 (Rock Cut Tomb No. 7) and higher up than G 9080 (Rock Cut Tomb No. 10). Drawn and labeled 9 on The Great Sphinx plan, but not shown on other plans. Has offering-table on pedestal in front. Excavated in 1936-1937 by Hassan.
- Problems/Questions
- Problem; Position uncertain
