007_Saq_W

Container owner

nameSamnefer
title
sexmale

Container properties

number
materialwood
present locationMuseum in Giza ? (1900)
state of preservationfragile
periodOK
dynasty5–6
typeType I
updated typologyrectangular (long)
shaperectangular (box)
lidflat
lengthmore than 2 m
width60 cm ?
height?
inscriptionyes
decorationyes
inner decoration?
descriptionwooden coffin with hieroglyphic inscriptions, placed into a rectangular reed basket and into burial pit
notesthe burial chamber is located precisely behind the chapel 

Container findspot

localitySaqqara
siteNorth Saqqara
locationNW of Unas
tomb typerock-cut tomb
code of tomb
material of tombrock, mud bricks
datingOK
tomb ownerSamnefer
social position
title
shaftyes
burial apartmentburial chamber
body insideyes
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextwooden coffin with a mummy
Barsanti 1900: fig. 5.
Barsanti 1900: fig. 16.

Bibliography
Barsanti, Alexandre
1900 “Le mastaba de Samnofir”, Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte 1, 150–161.