G 2175
Western Cemetery
Details
- ID
- G 2175
- Alternate IDs
- G 2175; G2175
- Site Name
- Western Cemetery
- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
- Site Dates
- type: Harpur Date; date: Userkaf -- Neferefre; type: PorterMoss Date; date: First half of Dynasty 5
- Tomb Owner
- Yes
- Bibliography
- Fisher, Clarence S. "The Harvard-University-Museum of Fine Arts Egyptian Expedition." BMFA 11, No. 62 (April 1913), p. 22. Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G115. 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. 225. 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. Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 268-269, 313. Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press on behalf of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1946, p. 191.
- Remarks
- This is a composite mastaba with nucleus belonging to Nedju, altered and increased in size to include the chapel of Khumnefer.
