012_Giz_W

Container owner

nameunknown
title
sex

Container properties

numberÄS 7512 b
materialwood
present locationKHM Wien
state of preservationgood
periodOK
dynastyend 5 / early 6
typelong
updated typology
shaperectangular (box)
lidflat
length
width
height
inscriptionno
decorationno
inner decorationno
descriptioninner coffin from anonymous double coffin set (both fit exactly)
outer and inner lid connected with ropes
undecorated
notesunclear dating:
Junker: Anfang 5 / Ende AR/1ZwZ
Haslauer: Ende 6
Hölzl: 5/6
documentation of KHM: 4
belongs to 080_Giz_W

Container findspot

localityGiza
siteWestern Cemetery
locationG 5000 (street against E wall of G 5070, N of G 5070’s chapel)
tomb typemastaba
code of tombS309/316
material of tomblimestone
datingOK, end 5 / early 6
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft316
burial apartmentburial chamber
body insideyes
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextinside: human bones, beads, diadem, staff ?
outside, in front of E wall: travertine model vessels, animal bones, offering table, copper model tools

Bibliography
Junker, Hermann: 1944 Gîza 7. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Erster Teil, Vienna – Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky [Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 3], 45–64, figs. 16–26, pls. 11–14, plan after pl. 40.