Container owner
name | Werkaure |
title | zA nzwt smsw |
sex | member of the royal family |
Container properties
number | AB 222 |
material | limestone |
present location | |
state of preservation | in fragments |
period | OK |
dynasty | 5 |
type | ? |
updated typology | |
shape | |
lid | |
length | 2.52 m |
width | 1.5 m |
height | |
inscription | ? |
decoration | ? |
inner decoration | ? |
description | The sarcophagus was almost completely destroyed and the material removed; no discernible part of its walls or lid was preserved; only the lowermost part of the sarcophagus base made of white limestone remained |
notes | Fragments of the sarcophagus were moved by the robbers to the NE corner of the construction pit |
Container findspot
locality | Central Abusir |
site | Abusir |
location | to the south-east from the pyramid complex of Khenktaus II |
tomb type | mastaba |
code of tomb | AC 26 (T) |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | 5 |
tomb owner | Werkaure |
social position | member of the royal family |
title | zA nzwt smsw – king’s eldest son (Jones 2000: 799, no. 2913) |
shaft | descending corridor |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | |
archaeological context | secondary |
remarks on archaeological context |
Bibliography
Krejčí, Jaromír – Brukner Havelková, Petra – Peterková Hlouchová, Marie – Smoláriková, Květa – Arias, Katarína – Březinová, Helena – Wollnerová, Dorotea – Pokorná, Adéla – Sůvová, Zdeňka – Beneš, Jaromír – Bezděk, Aleš – Šuláková, Hana