Container owner
name | Henu |
title | |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | 16H50/1C |
material | wood |
present location | |
state of preservation | complete |
period | FIP |
dynasty | |
type | Type I |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular (box) |
lid | flat |
length | 204 cm |
width | 57 cm |
height | 53 cm |
inscription | yes |
decoration | udjat-eyes yes |
inner decoration | |
description | wooden box coffin with flat lid and a line of an inscription on each side udjat-eyes on the eastern outer side 3 carpenter’s marks |
notes |
Container findspot
locality | Deir el-Bersha |
site | |
location | |
tomb type | |
code of tomb | |
material of tomb | |
dating | FIP |
tomb owner | |
social position | |
title | |
shaft | |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | models, ka statue, sandals |
Bibliography
De Meyer, Marleen
2018 “Reading a burial chamber: Anatomy of a First Intermediate Period coffin in context”, in: Taylor, John H. – Vandenbeusch, Marie (eds.). Ancient Egyptian Coffins. Craft traditions and functionality, Leuven – Paris – Bristol, Ct.: Peeters [British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan 4], pp. 217–230.