Container owner
name | Kagemni |
title | vizier |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | |
material | wood |
present location | |
state of preservation | decayed |
period | OK |
dynasty | 6 (Teti) |
type | rectangular (long?) |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular |
lid | flat |
length | ? |
width | ? |
height | ? |
inscription | yes |
decoration | ? |
inner decoration | ? |
description | remains of wooden coffin in limestone sarcophagus, name and titles of Kagemni |
notes |
Container findspot
locality | Saqqara |
site | North Saqqara |
location | Teti pyramid cemetery |
tomb type | mastaba |
code of tomb | LS 10 |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | OK, 6 (Teti) |
tomb owner | Kagemni |
social position | vizier |
title | tAjtj TAtj (n) zAb – he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier (Jones 2000: 1000, no. 3706) jmj-r prwj-HD, jmj-r Hwt wrt 6, jmj-r zS a nswt, jmj-r Snwtj, jmj-r kAt nbt nt nswt, tAjtj zAb TAtj, tAjtj zAb TAtj mAa, StAt nt nswt, jmA-a, jmj-jz, jmj-jz Nxn, jmj-r jzwj Xrj xtm mDAt, jmj-r jzwj Xkr nswt, jmj-r wabtj, jmj-r wpt jmj-r wDt nbt, jmj-r wDt-mdw nbt nt nswt, jmj-r prwj-nb, jmj-r n tA r Dr -f prwj, jmj-r njwt Dd-swt-ttj, jmj-r zS, jmj-r sDmt nbt, jmj-r Smaw, jmj-r gswj-pr, jmj-r tA mHw Smaw, jmj-r tA r Dr.f Smaw tA- mHw, jrj-pat, jrj nfr-HAt, aD-mr dwA-Hr-xntj-ptwr mA Iwnw, wtj Inpw, mnjw Nxn, rP nb, HAtj-a, Hrj-sStA, Hrj-sStA n wpt StAt, Hrj-sStA n mAAt wa, Hrj-sStA n mdw nTr, Xrj-tp Nxb, xrp jAt nbt nTrt, xrp m nTrw, xrp Hwwt nswt, xrp Hwwt nt, xrp Hwwt nt HDt-nt, xrp SnDjt nbt, Xrj-Hbt, Xrj-Hbt Hrj-tp, zS mDAt nTr, sm, smA mnjw, smr watj, sHD Hm-nTr Dd-swt-ttj, sHD Dd-swt-ttj, sDAwtj bjtj |
shaft | yes |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | secondary |
remarks on archaeological context | disturbed by robbers limestone lining blocks of the burial chamber, decorated burial chamber remains of coffin in sarcophagus linen on the body, plaster mask (gilded) with features painted in black 2 travertine headrests and walking sticks inside the coffin burial equipment: alabaster model vessels, crystal and alabaster ritual vessels, copper model tools and vessels, 4 travertine canopic jars, gold clasp from necklace, gold bracelet spacer, cylindrical travertine jar, copper ring stand |
Bibliography
Firth, Cecil M. ‒ Gunn, Battiscombe
1926 Teti pyramid cemeteries, 2 vols, Le Caire: Imprimerie de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale [Excavations at Saqqara], pp. 20‒23.