Container owner
name | unknown |
title | |
sex | child |
Container properties
number | 16/AS104/2018_a |
material | wood |
present location | |
state of preservation | complete |
period | OK |
dynasty | 4-5? |
type | rectangular |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular (box) |
lid | flat |
length | 57 cm |
width | 32 cm |
height | 22 cm |
inscription | no |
decoration | no |
inner decoration | |
description | small rectangular wooden coffin with a child burial |
notes | wooden planks covered with white colour |
Container findspot
locality | Abusir |
site | Abusir South |
location | SE of tomb of Kaaper (AS 1) |
tomb type | mastaba |
code of tomb | AS 104 |
material of tomb | mud bricks, limestone core |
dating | 4 (Snofru), 5 (Neferirkare) |
tomb owner | Nyankhseshat |
social position | high-ranking official |
title | (j)r(j)-(j)x.t nswt – custodian of the king’s property/property custodian of the king (Bárta 1999) |
shaft | |
burial apartment | |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | layer of fallen mud bricks and brown sand around SW corner of AS 104 (depth ca. 1–2 m from the crown of the wall of the corner) found 50 cm to the W of the SW corner of AS 104 16/AS104/2018_a: wooden planks 16/AS104/2018_b: human bones 16/AS104/2018_c: textile |
Bibliography
Odler, Martin – Peterková Hlouchová, Marie – Havelková, Petra – Sůvová, Zdeňka – Arias Kytnarová, Katarína – Brůna, Vladimír – Jirásková, Lucie
2019 “Jedna hrobka ve dvou dynastiích. Předběžná zpráva o výzkumu mastaby AS 104 v jižním Abúsíru”, Pražské egyptologické studie XXII, p. 28.
Odler, Martin – Peterková Hlouchová, Marie – Havelková, Petra – Sůvová, Zdeňka – Arias Kytnarová, Katarína – Jirásková, Lucie – Brůna, Vladimír
2019 “A new tomb of transitional type from Abusir South – Mastaba of Nyankhseshat (AS 104)”, Prague Egyptological Studies XXIII, p. 68.