Container owner
| name | Ptahhetep (II), Tjefi |
| title | tAjtj-zAb TAtj |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | limestone |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 5, end Unas |
| type | rectangular |
| updated typology | |
| shape | – |
| lid | |
| length | 3.3m |
| width | 1.4m |
| height | 1.94m |
| inscription | yes |
| decoration | undecorated no |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | |
| notes | mortar joining the lid with the case found intact, despite this fact the sarcophagus was robbed through the hole in E wall |
Container findspot
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | North Saqqara |
| location | tomb to the W of the Step pyramid |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | D 64 |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | 5 |
| tomb owner | Ptahhetep (II), Tjefi |
| social position | vizier |
| title | tAjtj TAtj (n) zAb – he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier (Jones 2000: 1000, no. 3706) |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | mortar joining the lid with the case remained intact, despite this fact the sarcophagus was stolen through a hole in the E wall |
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, p. 67, pls. LII, LIII.
Porter, Bertha – Moss, Rosalind L. B.
1981. Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs and paintings III2: Memphis. Part 2: Ṣaqqâra to Dahshûr, 2nd, revised and augmented ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Griffith Institute, pp. 600-604.
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.