006_Saq_W
Container owner
| name | Nyuty (originally for man Ankh/Nuti ?) |
| title | xntt-S |
| sex | female |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | wood, mud/plaster, paint |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | relatively good |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6 |
| type | Type I |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular (box) |
| lid | flat |
| length | 181 cm |
| width | 44–51 cm |
| height | 46 cm |
| inscription | yes (incised, painted blue) yes |
| decoration | yes (udjat eyes, false door) yes |
| inner decoration | |
| description | different pieces of wood, irregular but skilfully joint yellow/light brown surface reworked: later additions / changes lid: 6 pieces, rectangular dowels, two wooden bars |
| notes | reworked: change of owner |
Container findspot
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | cemetery of Wenis, NW |
| location | |
| tomb type | shaft in courtyard |
| code of tomb | C/5/9A |
| material of tomb | rock |
| dating | 6 |
| tomb owner | |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | h |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | A headrest found inside the coffin. |
Bibliography
Grajetzki, Wolfram
2020 “The Coffin of Nywty (Nuti), Saqqara”, Palarch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology 17/2, pp. 1–29.
http://www.munro-archive.org/the-archive/?d&k&l=s-c%2Cs-c&c (CURRENTLY INACCESSIBLE)