G 7350 (Meresankh III’s tomb, where she is depicted)

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G 7350 is the rock-cut mastaba tomb of the Old Kingdom queen Meresankh III at Giza, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved reliefs and statues depicting members of the royal family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
mastaba tomb ⓘ
access entered from the east through a rock-cut doorway ⓘ
associatedWith Hetepheres II ⓘ
Khafre ⓘ
Meresankh III ⓘ
catalogCode G 7350 ⓘ
conservationStatus well-preserved interior decoration ⓘ
coordinatesApprox 29.979°N 31.135°E ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culture Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
dating reign of Khafre or early Menkaure ⓘ
dynasty Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
excavatedBy George Andrew Reisner ⓘ
excavatedFor Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition ⓘ
function tomb of a queen ⓘ
hasArtStyle high-quality Fourth Dynasty relief style ⓘ
hasBurialChamber subterranean burial chamber ⓘ
hasChapel rock-cut chapel ⓘ
hasDecoration painted reliefs ⓘ
sculpted statues in niches ⓘ
hasDepiction Meresankh III ⓘ
members of the royal family ⓘ
hasFeature false door ⓘ
offering scenes ⓘ
serdab-like statue niches ⓘ
hasInscription hieroglyphic texts naming Meresankh III ⓘ
titles of Meresankh III ⓘ
hasRoom multiple decorated chambers ⓘ
hasScene craftsmen at work ⓘ
funerary rituals ⓘ
offering bearers ⓘ
hasStatueGroup statues of Meresankh III and female relatives ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur" ⓘ
locatedIn Giza Necropolis ⓘ
linked to: Giza

Giza Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Giza
material rock-cut limestone ⓘ
notableFor well-preserved reliefs ⓘ
well-preserved statues ⓘ
owner Meresankh III ⓘ
partOf Eastern Cemetery at Giza ⓘ
partOfCorpus Giza Mastaba Series documented by Harvard–MFA Expedition ⓘ
period Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
researchInterest Old Kingdom tomb decoration and iconography ⓘ
study of royal women in the Old Kingdom ⓘ

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Hetepheres II → associatedTomb → G 7350 (Meresankh III’s tomb, where she is depicted) ⓘ