Container owner
name | unknown |
title | |
sex | female |
Container properties
number | Burial 65 |
material | wood |
present location | |
state of preservation | almost complete |
period | OK |
dynasty | 6 (Pepy II) |
type | rectangular (long) |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular |
lid | flat |
length | 162 cm |
width | 49 cm |
height | 40 cm |
inscription | no |
decoration | no |
inner decoration | no |
description | rectangular coffin, exterior: gypsum coating (thickness: 1 mm) |
notes | no evidence of decoration phase Ff‒Fg |
Container findspot
locality | Saqqara |
site | North Saqqara |
location | W of the Step Pyramid, between enclosure wall and Dry Moat |
tomb type | mastaba |
code of tomb | anonymous tomb XXXI |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | OK (6) |
tomb owner | unknown |
social position | |
title | |
shaft | 16 |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | grid square: 2104‒2105 remains of bandages |
Bibliography
Myśliwiec, Karol (ed.)
2013 Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 1, Varsovie: Neriton [Saqqara V], pp. 169, fig. 86, pl. CXXVI.
2013 Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 2, Varsovie: Neriton [Saqqara V], p. 428.