Container owner
name | Raneferef |
title | king |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | |
material | wood |
present location | ? |
state of preservation | fragments |
period | OK |
dynasty | 5 |
type | |
updated typology | |
shape | ? |
lid | ? |
length | ? |
width | ? |
height | ? |
inscription | ? |
decoration | ? |
inner decoration | ? |
description | small fragments of wood and gold foil |
notes | According to Miroslav Verner (personal communication), they are fragments of a chest. |
Container findspot
locality | Abusir |
site | Abusir Centre |
location | SW of pyramid of Neferirkare |
tomb type | pyramid |
code of tomb | AC 3 |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | OK |
tomb owner | Raneferef |
social position | king |
title | king |
shaft | |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | |
archaeological context | secondary |
remarks on archaeological context | floor level of burial chamber; fragments of a red granite sarcophagus, fragments of four canopic jars, fragment of a basalt offering basin, travertine cases for models of offerings, animal bones, fragments of a wooden stick and parts of a mummy found in the burial chamber |
Bibliography
Verner, Miroslav et al.
2006 The Pyramid Complex of Raneferef. The Archaeology, Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University ‒ Academia [Abusir IX], p. 26.