584_Tur_P

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
materialpottery
present location
state of preservation
periodEDP–OK
dynasty1–4
type
updated typology
shaperectangular with rounded corners
lid
length
width
height
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
descriptionRectangular pottery coffin which was closed by a layer of mud.
Adult size.
notes

Container findspot

localityTura
site
location
tomb typepit
code of tombNo. 16g12
material of tomb
datingEDP–OK, 1–4
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body insideyes
archaeological contextsecondary
remarks on archaeological contextBurial in a pottery coffin which rested at the bottom of an oval pit. The skeleton was covered with a mat. Instead of a lid the coffin was closed by a layer of mud which was somehow separated from the body and did not reached it.

Bibliography
Junker, Hermann
1912 Bericht über die Grabungen der kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien auf dem Friedhof in Turah: Winter 1909-1910, Wien: Alfred Hölder, pp. 11, 21, 22, 64, pl. 19.