Container owner
name | Neit |
title | zAt nswt nt smst |
sex | female |
Container properties
number | |
material | granite |
present location | |
state of preservation | |
period | OK |
dynasty | end 6th |
type | rectangular |
updated typology | |
shape | |
lid | |
length | – |
width | – |
height | – |
inscription | |
decoration | undecorated |
inner decoration | no |
description | |
notes | Neit was daughter of Pepi I, wife of Pepi II |
Container findspot
locality | Saqqara |
site | North Saqqara |
location | Teti Pyramid Cemetery |
tomb type | mastaba |
code of tomb | tomb of Neit |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | 6 |
tomb owner | Neit |
social position | member of the royal family |
title | zAt nswt smst – eldest king’s daughter (Jones 2000: 820, no. 2996) |
shaft | |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | the lid was missing |
Bibliography
Jéquier, Gustave
1931. Rapport préliminaire sur les fouilles exécutées en 1930-1931 dans la partie méridionale de la nécropole memphite. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte 31, pp. 32-44.
Jéquier, Gustave
1933. Les pyramides des reines Neit et Apouit. Fouilles à Saqqarah. Le Caire: Institut français d’Archéologie Orientale.G. Jequier, Les pyramides des reinos noit et Apouit (=Fouilles a Saqqarah), Le Caire.