005_Geb_W

Container owner

nameunknown
title
sex

Container properties

numberSuppl. 14061
materialwood
present locationMuzeo Egizio Torino
state of preservationgood
periodOK
dynasty4 (5 according to the online catalogue)
typepalace facade
updated typology
shaperectangular (box)
lidvaulted
length104 cm
width58.5 cm
height58 cm
inscriptionno
decorationyes
inner decorationno
description“short coffin with palace facade decoration on E wall
a patch on the lid
remains of white plaster”
notesinside depth: 54.5 cm

Container findspot

localityGebelein
siteNorth necropolis
location
tomb typerock-cut tomb
code of tomb
material of tombrock
dating4
tomb owner
social position
title
shaftyes
burial apartmentburial chamber
body insideyes
archaeological contextsecondary
remarks on archaeological context“disturbed burial
The coffin contained a packet mummy in a crouched position.”

Bibliography
Donadoni Roveri, Anna Maria
1969 I sarcofagi egizi dalle origine alla fine dell’Antico Regno, Roma: Istituto di Studi del Vicino Oriente – Università, pp. 153–154 (C 8).
Donadoni Roveri, Anna Maria 1990 “The Egyptian Museum of Turin”, in: Donadoni, Sergio – Curto, Silvio – Donadoni Roveri, Anna Maria (eds.), Egypt from myth to Egyptology, Torino – Milano: Istituto Bancario San Paolo – Fabbri, pp. 227–277.
Janot, Francis: 2008 Mummie reali : immortalità nell’Antico Egitto, Vercelli: White Star, pp. 358–359.
Fiore Marochetti, Elisa – Curti, Alessandra – Demichelis, Sara – Janot, Francis – Cesarani, Federico – Grilletto, Renato
2003 “«Le paquet»: sépulture anonyme de la IVe dynastie provenant de Gébélein”, Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale 103, pp. 235–256.

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