Container owner
name | |
title | royal family? |
sex | male, child |
Container properties
number | |
material | wood |
present location | |
state of preservation | remains |
period | OK |
dynasty | 4 |
type | |
updated typology | |
shape | ? |
lid | ? |
length | ? |
width | ? |
height | ? |
inscription | ? |
decoration | ? |
inner decoration | ? |
description | remains of a wooden coffin |
notes |
Container findspot
locality | Giza |
site | Central Field |
location | N of mastaba of Prince Kai |
tomb type | shaft |
code of tomb | shaft 559 |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | OK |
tomb owner | |
social position | royal family |
title | member of family of Prince Kai? |
shaft | 559 |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | blocked burial chamber finds: gold wire with two beads (carnelian, faience), necklace (faience beads, copper clasps), gold belt, sheet gold, copper clasps,copper model tools and vessels, weapons |
Bibliography
Hassan, Selim
1941 Excavations at Gîza 3: 1931-1932, Cairo: Faculty of Arts, Fouad I University & Government Press, pp. 240‒242.