G 2231 X
Western Cemetery
Small mastaba located (and abutting) immediately east of G 2177 (= G 2227). Sometimes incorrectly equated with G 2178. Names attested only from fragmentary seated pair statue MFA 12.1485. No other decoration.
Details
- ID
- G 2231 X
- Alternate IDs
- G2231X; G 2231 X
- Site Name
- Western Cemetery
- Site Type
- Stone+rubble-built mastaba
- Tomb Owner
- No
- Bibliography
- Two references incorrectly equating this tomb with G 2178 are W.S. Smith, History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom, p. 74, and H.G. Fischer, Metropolitan Museum Journal 8 (1973), pp. 7-8, 10, n. 6, fig. 5. 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. 80 (pair statue incorrectly listed as found in G 2178).
- Remarks
- G 2231 X is southwest of G 2220, abuts east face of G 2177 and is west of G 2461. Not drawn on EG000498 or on EG002029, but one can use these plans to see where mastaba should be placed.
