015_Abu_W
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.