007_Saq_W
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, pp. 150–161.