Container owner
| name | |
| title | |
| sex |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | pottery |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | |
| type | |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular with rounded corners |
| lid | flat |
| length | 90 cm |
| width | 50 cm |
| height | |
| inscription | no |
| decoration | no |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | Rectangular pottery coffin. The lid was broken, only one fragment preserved. |
| notes |
Container findspot
| locality | Ballas |
| site | |
| location | |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | No. 212 |
| material of tomb | |
| dating | OK |
| tomb owner | |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | |
| remarks on archaeological context | A staircase tomb with a small chamber in the south end. Six skulls were scattered around the chamber. The pottery coffin, possibly originally located inside the chamber, was found in the stairway. A fragment of the broken lid was found between the coffin and the east side of the tomb. |
Bibliography
Petrie, William Matthew Flinders – Quibell, James Edward
1896 Naqada and Ballas, London: Quaritch, p. 5, pl. 3 (10).