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001_Saq_W

Container owner

name Ia-Maat/Ia-Maat-en-Unas
title jmj-rA jst xntj(w)-S pr-aA
sex male

Container properties

number ?
material wood
present location ?
state of preservation good
period OK
dynasty 6
type Type I
updated typology
shape rectangular (box)
lid flat
length ?
width ?
height ?
inscription yes
decoration yes
inner decoration ?
description Box coffin with flat lid. Each side bears inscriptions, E side also has udjat eyes.
notes Tomb accessed via staircase (L-shaped), open courtyard, chapel (E-W orientation) with false door and a limestone slab used as offering table, serdab?, shaft to the S (1040).
Walls of the shaft were not smoothed; holes in walls for scaffolding.
Second style

Container findspot

locality Saqqara
site North Saqqara
location cemetery W of the pyramid of Wenis
tomb type rock-cut tomb
code of tomb
material of tomb
dating 6 (Pepi I – Pepi II)
tomb owner Ia-Maat/Ia-Maat-en-Unas
social position
title

Bibliography
Gaber, Nashwa
2013 The tomb of Ia-Maat in Saqqara, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology, Department of Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia.