Container owner
| name | Khermeru? |
| title | cmr waty Hry-Xbt jmAxw xr nTr aA Hr-mrw? |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | No. 81 |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | fragmentary |
| period | OK/FIP |
| dynasty | 6–9 |
| type | Type I |
| updated typology | rectangular (long) with inlayed eyes, veneer |
| shape | rectangular (box) |
| lid | flat |
| length | ca. 210 cm |
| width | ca. 67 cm |
| height | ? |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | yes |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | remains of wooden coffin, travertine eyes with slate eyebrows which were originally inlaid in the wood of an outer coffin of softwood veneered with cedar |
| notes | based on the publication, it means that it was a coffin set and the outer coffin was veneered with inlaid eyes? (no other details in the publication) |
Container findspot
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | North Saqqara |
| location | Teti pyramid cemetery |
| tomb type | shaft |
| code of tomb | |
| material of tomb | |
| dating | OK/FIP |
| tomb owner | |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | yes |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | recess in E wall probably for canopic jars travertine headrest (with inscriptions) and seven model vessels (travertine and basalt) inside the coffin |
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. 39–40, fig. 46.