566_Saq_W

Container owner

nameunknown
title
sexfemale

Container properties

numberBurial 538
materialwood
present location
state of preservationfragmentary
periodOK
dynasty6 (Pepy II)
typerectangular (long?)
updated typology
shaperectangular
lidflat?
length?
width?
height?
inscription?
decoration?
inner decoration?
descriptionsmall fragments of wood from a wooden coffin ?
notesphase Fe (Pepy II)

Container findspot

localitySaqqara
siteNorth Saqqara
locationW of the Step Pyramid, between enclosure wall and Dry Moat
tomb typemastaba
code of tombanonymous tomb IV
material of tomblimestone
datingOK (6)
tomb ownerunknown
social position
title
shaft71
burial apartmentburial chamber
body insideyes
archaeological contextsecondary
remarks on archaeological contextgrid square 1903
disturbed burial in anatomical order in a wooden coffin
no evidence of bandages, no evidence of excerebration

Bibliography
Myśliwiec, Karol (ed.)
2013 Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 1, Varsovie: Neriton [Saqqara V], pp. 42–45, fig. 11, pls. XXIX, XXX.
2013 Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 2, Varsovie: Neriton [Saqqara V], p. 425.