005_Geb_W
Container owner
| name | unknown |
| title | |
| sex |
Container properties
| number | Suppl. 14061 |
| material | wood |
| present location | Muzeo Egizio Torino |
| state of preservation | good |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 4 (5 according to the online catalogue) |
| type | palace facade |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular (box) |
| lid | vaulted |
| length | 104 cm |
| width | 58.5 cm |
| height | 58 cm |
| inscription | no |
| decoration | yes |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | “short coffin with palace facade decoration on E wall a patch on the lid remains of white plaster” |
| notes | inside depth: 54.5 cm |
Container findspot
| locality | Gebelein |
| site | North necropolis |
| location | |
| tomb type | rock-cut tomb |
| code of tomb | |
| material of tomb | rock |
| dating | 4 |
| tomb owner | |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | yes |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| 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.