Container owner
name | Waatetkherhor/Seshseshet |
title | wife of Mereruka, royal family member |
sex | female |
Container properties
number | |
material | wood |
present location | |
state of preservation | fragmentary |
period | OK |
dynasty | 6 (Teti–Pepy I) |
type | rectangular (long) with inlayed eyes ? |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular |
lid | flat |
length | ? |
width | ? |
height | ? |
inscription | ? |
decoration | ? |
inner decoration | ? |
description | remains of wooden coffin inside the limestone sarcophagus |
notes |
Container findspot
locality | Saqqara |
site | North Saqqara |
location | Teti pyramid cemetery |
tomb type | mastaba |
code of tomb | |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | OK, 6 (Teti–Pepy I) |
tomb owner | Mereruka |
social position | vizier |
title | Hm(t)-nTr Nt mHtt jnb Jrt-mr(w)t, Hm(t)-nTr Hwt-Hr nbt nht, Hm(t)-nTr m swt nbt, zAt nswt smswt nt Xt.f |
shaft | yes |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | secondary |
remarks on archaeological context | undecorated burial chamber, limestone sarcophagus, disturbed burial, 4 limestone canopic jars, pottery (red ware) |
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], p. 23.