003_Abu_W
Container owner
| name | unknown |
| title | unknown |
| sex |
Container properties
| number | 17/AS104/2018 |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | fragmentary |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 4 / 5? |
| type | ? |
| updated typology | |
| shape | ? |
| lid | ? |
| length | ? |
| width | ? |
| height | ? |
| inscription | no |
| decoration | remains of colour? |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | fragments of wooden coffin and maybe some chest? Some of the fragments bear remains of ochre and red colour. Some are massive, other thinner. Some of them vaulted. |
| notes |
Container findspot
| locality | Abusir |
| site | Abusir South |
| location | SE of tomb of Kaaper (AS 1) |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | AS 104 |
| material of tomb | mud brick, limestone core |
| dating | 4 (Snofru), 5 (Neferirkare) |
| tomb owner | Nyankhseshat |
| social position | high-ranking official |
| title | one who is known to the king, king’s/royal acquaintance, one who is concerned with the things of the king, custodian of the king’s property (Jones 2000: 327, no. 1206) |
| shaft | 2 |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context | Archaeological context was disturbed. Wood was in the east and west part of the burial chamber. Other finds: human bones (18/AS104/2018). |
Bibliography
Odler, Martin – Peterková Hlouchová, Marie – Havelková, Petra – Sůvová, Zdeňka –Arias Kytnarová, Katarína – Brůna, Vladimír – Jirásková, Lucie
2019 “Jedna hrobka ve dvou dynastiích. Předběžná zpráva o výzkumu mastaby AS 104 v jižním Abúsíru”, Pražské egyptologické studie XXII, pp. 21–42.
Odler, Martin – Peterková Hlouchová, Marie – Havelková, Petra – Sůvová, Zdeňka –Arias Kytnarová, Katarína – Jirásková, Lucie – Brůna, Vladimír
2019 “A new tomb of transitional type from Abusir South – Mastaba of Nyankhseshat (AS 104)”, Prague Egyptological Studies XXIII, pp. 49–82.
Peterková Hlouchová, Marie
2021 “Wooden fragments from Shaft 2 of Nyankhseshat’s tomb (AS 104) at Abusir South. A preliminary analysis of the assemblage”, in: Bárta, M. – Coppens, F. – Krejčí, J. (eds.). Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2020, Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, pp. 175–185.