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Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 38

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Western Cemetery: Lepsius 38
Lepsius No: LG 38
Junker No: S 766
Junker No: Khwm-Hotep
Lepsius No: L.38
Stone-built mastaba
PorterMoss Date: Dynasty 6
Excavator: Hermann Junker
German, 1877–1962

Excavator: (Karl) Richard Lepsius
German, 1810–1884

Tomb Owner: Khnumhetep (Lepsius 38)
 
Shafts: S 766; chapel
Remarks: Reisner incorrectly attributes this to G 5550 on his map of the Western Cemetery. Mastaba drawn but not labeled on plan EG002029. Mastaba labeled as Khnumhetep (Hnwm-Hotep) on Giza 8 plan after plate 28.
Selected bibliographical references:
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, pp. 60-65, figs. 25-28, plan after pl. 28.

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, pp. 164-165, plans 16, 29.