134_Nag_P

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
materialpottery
present location
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty3–4
type
updated typology
shaperectangular with rounded corners
lid
length74 cm
width34 cm
height32 cm
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
descriptionA rectangular pottery coffin, thickness of walls about 2 cm.
notes

Container findspot

localityNaga ed-Deir
sitecemetery 500
location
tomb typepit
code of tombNo. 650
material of tomb
datingOK, 3–4
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body insideyes
archaeological context
remarks on archaeological contextA rectangular burial pit (110 × 70 cm, depth 70 cm) with a pottery coffin. On the edge of the pit was found a ceremonial offering jar. Inside the coffin was a spherical jar of salmon pink with a flat rim, and a necklace of cylindrical beads of dark schist and white shell.
Reisner 1932: fig. 188. 

Bibliography
Reisner, George Andrew
1932 A provincial cemetery of the pyramid age: Naga-ed-der. Part III, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 15, 107, 243, figs. 34, 188, pl. 40c.