Container owner
| name | Ptahhetep (I) |
| title | tAjtj sAb TAtj |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | limestone |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 5, end Djedkare Isesi |
| type | rectangular |
| updated typology | |
| shape | – |
| lid | |
| length | 2.98m |
| width | 1.64m |
| height | 1.55m |
| inscription | no |
| decoration | undecorated no |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | |
| notes |
Container findspot
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | North Saqqara |
| location | NE of the pyramid of Teti |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | D 62 |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | 5 |
| tomb owner | Ptahhetep (I) |
| 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 | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | the sarcophagus robbed; inside fragments of human bones and bandages; the lid smashed into two pieces |
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, pp. 56, 57, pl. XLIX B.
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.