222_Abu_S

Container owner

nameNebtejemneferes
titleunknown
sexfemale

Container properties

number
materiallimestone
present locationin situ
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty5 (Niuserre-Menkauhor)
typerectangular
updated typology
shapecuboid with sharp edges (Reisner type d)
lidyes, flat, slightly curved
length2.7m
width1m
height0.94m
inscriptionno
decorationundecorated
no
inner decorationno
descriptionsummarily dressed, box shaped sarcophagus with flat slightly curved lid
notesbone fragments of a lady who died in her thirties and mummy bandages found inside the sarcophagus case

Container findspot

localityAbusir
siteCentral Abusir
locationto the E of the pyramid Lepsius no. 24
tomb typemastaba
code of tombAC 23 (M)
material of tomblimestone
dating5
tomb ownerNebtejemneferes
social positionmember of the royal family
titlezAt nswt
  – king’s daughter (Jones 2000: 817, no. 2988)
shaft
burial apartmentburial chamber
body insideyes
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextthe lid shifted away from the case by the robbers

Bibliography
Krejčí, Jaromír, Vivienne G. Callender, and Miroslav Verner
2009. Abusir XII: Minor tombs in the Royal Necropolis I (the mastabas of Nebtyemneferes and Nakhtsare, pyramid complex Lepsius no. 24 and tomb complex Lepsius no. 25). With contributions by Viktor Černý, Martina Kujanová, Eugen Strouhal and Hanna Vymazalová. Excavations of the Czech Institute of Egyptology. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, pp. 25-29, fig. 2.7.