Container owner
name | Ptahhetep, Iysedjefa |
title | zAb jmj-r zS |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | |
material | limestone |
present location | |
state of preservation | |
period | OK |
dynasty | 6 – reign of Teti? |
type | rectangular |
updated typology | |
shape | – |
lid | |
length | 2.95m |
width | 1.19m |
height | 1.2m |
inscription | yes |
decoration | undecorated |
inner decoration | yes |
description | |
notes |
Container findspot
locality | Saqqara |
site | North Saqqara |
location | NE of the pyramid of Teti |
tomb type | mastaba |
code of tomb | mastaba of Ptahhetep, Iysedjefa |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | 6 |
tomb owner | Ptahhetep, Iysedjefa |
social position | low-ranking official |
title | zAb jmj-r zS(w)/imy-rA zS(w) (n) zAb? juridical overseer of scribes overseer of scribes of the judiciary (Jones 2000: 803, no. 2933) |
shaft | |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context |
Bibliography
Hassan, A. and N. Kanawati
1996. The Teti cemetery at Saqqara I: The tomb of Nedjet-em-pet, Ka-aper and others. Australian Centre for Egyptology: Reports 8. North Ryde (Sydney); Warminster: Australian Centre for Egyptology; Aris and Phillips.
Hassan, Selim
1975. Mastabas of Ny-‘ankh-Pepy and others. Edited by Zaki Iskander. Excavations at Saqqara 1937-1938 (2). Cairo: General Organisation for Government Printing Offices.