Container owner
name | Samnefer |
title | |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | |
material | wood |
present location | Museum in Giza ? (1900) |
state of preservation | fragile |
period | OK |
dynasty | 5–6 |
type | Type I |
updated typology | rectangular (long) |
shape | rectangular (box) |
lid | flat |
length | more than 2 m |
width | 60 cm ? |
height | ? |
inscription | yes |
decoration | yes |
inner decoration | ? |
description | wooden coffin with hieroglyphic inscriptions, placed into a rectangular reed basket and into burial pit |
notes | the burial chamber is located precisely behind the chapel |
Container findspot
locality | Saqqara |
site | North Saqqara |
location | NW of Unas |
tomb type | rock-cut tomb |
code of tomb | |
material of tomb | rock, mud bricks |
dating | OK |
tomb owner | Samnefer |
social position | |
title | |
shaft | yes |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | wooden coffin with a mummy |
Bibliography
Barsanti, Alexandre
1900 “Le mastaba de Samnofir”, Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte 1, 150–161.