The Giza Archives

Photo ID number: A4772_NS

Photo Subjects
Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7530-7540

Description
Cemetery G 7000: G 7530-7540: G 7530, Meresankh III (= Mersyankh), chapel, room a (= main room), E wall, N of entrance, S end, registers of relief (offering bearers, bird netting [fowling], cattle and goat herding), looking E

Photographer: Mohammedani Ibrahim (expedition photographer)

Photo date: 12/15/1927

Image published: Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, pl. 4 (right section).

Publications (PDFs) in Giza Archives Library:
Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974.

Problems/Questions: Dunham Simpson reference verified

MET 05 : Non organic / Rock: Limestone
MET 02 : Architecture / Architectural unit / Tomb/mastaba/pyramide, etc.: Chapel
MET 02 : Architecture / Architectural element / Wall: Surface plaster
MET 02 : Architecture / Architectural element: Wall
MET 08 : Animal: Bird
MET 08 : Scene / Funerary ritual scene: Bringing funerary offerings
MET 08 : Action: Carrying
MET 08 : Human / Woman: Female offering bearer
MET 08 : Human / Man: Field worker
MET 08 : Scene: Food preparing scene
MET 08 : Scene / Fowling scene: Hunting of birds with fixed net
MET 08 : Attitude / Attitude of body / Kneeling on both knees: Kneeling on one knee
MET 08 : Scene / Industrial scene: Making of mats and cordage
MET 08 : Human / Man: Male offering bearer
MET 08 : Animal: Mammal
MET 08 : Action: Presenting
MET 08 : Scene / Festival/processional scene: Procession of the estates
MET 08 : Attitude / Attitude of body: Sitting
MET 08 : Attitude / Attitude of body: Standing
MET 08 : Action: Striking
MET 08 : Scene / Cattle breeding: Tending herds
MET 08 : Human / Man: Unspecified man
MET 06 : General technique / Relief: Low relief