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ID
G 5340
Alternate IDs
G 5340; G5340
Site Name
Western Cemetery
Site Type
Stone-built mastaba
Site Dates
type: PorterMoss Date; date: Middle Dynasty 5; type: Harpur Date; date: Niuserre; type: Junker Date; date: Late Dynasty 5 - early Dynasty 6; type: Kanawati Date; date: Late Sahure; type: Reisner Date; date: Neferirkare - Djedkare; type: Baer Date; date: Middle of Dynasty 5
Tomb Owner
Yes
Bibliography
Chauvet, Violaine. “Decoration and Architecture: The Definition of Private Tomb Environment.” Servant of Mut. Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honor of Edward F. Wente. Leiden: Brill, 2008, p. 49 note 54. Goedicke, Hans. "The Title [GLYPH] in the Old Kingdom." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 46 (1960), p. 61. Junker, Hermann. Gîza 3. Die Mastabas der vorgeschrittenen V. Dynastie auf dem Westfriedhof. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1938, p. 37 [20]. Junker, Hermann. Gîza 7. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Erster Teil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 3. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1944, pp. 158-184, figs. 67-74, pls. 34-35, plan after pl. 40 Junker, Hermann. Gîza 8. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Zweiter Teil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 73, Abhandlung 1. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1947, plan after pl. 28. Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G218. Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Re-examination of Reisner's Nucleus Cemetery Concept at Giza. Preliminary Remarks on Cemetery G 2100." 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, p. 229. Lepsius, Denkmaeler Text 1, p. 65; Denkmaeler 2, fig. 85(a,b); Ergaenzungsband, figs. 27(a), 34(b), 35(a), 38(d). Mariette, Auguste. Les mastabas de l'ancien empire. Paris: F. Vieweg, 1889, p. 517. Pieke, Gabriele. "Der Grabherr und die Lotosblume. Zu Lokalen und Geschlechtsspezifischen Traditionen eines Motivkreises." 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. 264, 276, Abb. 4. 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. 159.
Remarks
There is a second unnumbered shaft on Junker's plan.

Finds 2

Maps and Plans 2

Drawings 3

Photos 46

Ancient People 1

Modern People 2

Published Documents 9

Unpublished Documents 36