700_Aby_S

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
materialstone
present location
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty3-4
type
updated typology
shape
lid
length
width
height
inscriptionno
decorationno
inner decorationno
descriptionThe burial consisted of a rectangular pit under a mastaba with its filling containing several very large boulders of limestone.
notes

Container findspot

localityAbydos
siteCemetery D
location
tomb typemastaba
code of tombD 183
material of tomb
datingOK, 3-4
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body inside
archaeological context
remarks on archaeological contextThe attempt to remove the large blocks on the top of the filling of the pit cause that the the courtyard wall of the great mastaba threatened. The excavators were therefore forced to abandon the tomb.

Bibliography
Peet, T. Eric – Loat, William Leonard Stevenson
1913 The cemeteries of Abydos. Part III. 1912‒1913, London: Trübner, pp. 14.