A cemetery of palace attendants : including G 2084-2099, G 2230+2231, and G 2240

In the latter part of the Fifth Dynasty the necropolis that surrounded the Fourth Dynasty pyramids of Giza again became a popular site for the tombs of Memphite officials. A particular cluster of these mastaba tombs was excavated between 1936 and 1939 by George Andrew Reisner. Some of the tomb chapels were found to be decorated; others had anterooms with courtyards and porticoes. All of the inscribed tombs bore a title which Roth translates as "palace attendant". This publication presents the artifactual, iconographic and architectural results of the excavation in two parts. The first covers the architecture of the cluster as a whole; the second compares details of the individual tombs, and an extensive index lists mastabas, personal names, and Egyptian words, phrases, titles and epithets. This is a vast study, which leaves no Gizan stone unturned. Dustjacket front halftitle page Frontispiece Title page Copyright page Contents LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF PLATES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED INTRODUCTION Part I Analysis of the Cluster Chapter 1: DESCRIPTION OF THE CLUSTER Chapter 2: HISTORY AND DATING OF THE CLUSTER Chapter 3: THE TOMB OWNERS Chapter 4: PATTERNS OF TOMB BUILDING Part II Catalogue of Individual Mastabas ANONYMOUS TOMB: Mastaba G 2084 ANONYMOUS TOMB: Mastaba G 2085 THE TOMB OF REDI: Mastaba G 2086 ANONYMOUS TOMB: Mastaba G 2086a (= 2083 in some notes) ANONYMOUS TOMB: Mastaba G 2087 THE TOMB OF KA-KHENT AND PEHEN-PTAH: Mastaba G 2088 SUBSIDIARY MASTABAS G 2088 a and G 2088 b THE TOMB OF NEFER-KED: Mastaba G 2089 ANONYMOUS TOMB: Mastaba G 2089 a THE TOMB OF KAPI: Mastaba G 2091 THE TOMB OF ZA-IB: Mastaba G 2092+2093 TOMB OF NIMAATRE/TUT MastabaG 2092a ANONYMOUS TOMB: Mastaba G 2094 ANONYMOUS TOMBS: Mastabas G 2095 and G 2095' ANONYMOUS MASTABA EXTENSION Mastaba G 2096 THE TOMB OF NIMAATRE: Mastaba G 2097 THE TOMB OF TJEZET AND HER HUSBAND: Mastaba G 2097' SUBSIDIARY BUILDINGS G 2097a, 2097b, 2097c, and “1903” THE TOMB OF NEFER-KHUWI: Mastaba G 2098 THE TOMB OF RARAMU: Mastaba G 2099 ANONYMOUS TOMB: Mastaba G 2230+2231 THE TOMB OF NEFERMESDJER- KHUFU: Mastaba G 2240 Indexes INDEX I: GENERAL INDEX II: GIZA MASTABAS INDEX III: PERSONAL NAMES INDEX IV: EGYPTIAN WORDS, PHRASES, TITLES, AND EPITHETS Plates Figures Dustjacket back Ann Macy Roth ; Based Upon The Recording Of The Harvard University--museum Of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition, George Andrew Reisner ... And Others (1905-1906 And 1936-1939) ; With Contributions By The Expedition Staffs Of The Giza Mastabas Project (august 1987, July-august 1989, And May-june 1990) Includes Bibliographical References (p. Xxv-xxvi) And Indexes.