016_Mei_W
Container owner
| name | Nofret |
| title | princess |
| sex | female |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | originally wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | imprint |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 4 (Snofru) |
| type | palace facade |
| updated typology | rectangular (long, palace facade) |
| shape | rectangular |
| lid | ? |
| length | |
| width | |
| height | |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | yes |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | negative impression of the coffin in the burial chamber of Nofret; Alan Jenvey Rowe prepared a replica (211 × 134 × 113 cm); niched |
| notes | Harpur (2001: 253) suggests a lid with inscriptions (titles and names of Nofret) |
Container findspot
| locality | Meidum |
| site | |
| location | |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | |
| material of tomb | mud bricks |
| dating | OK |
| tomb owner | Rahotep and Nofret |
| social position | royal family |
| title | prince, wr mA.w Jwnw |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context |
Bibliography
Harpur, Yvonne
2001 The tombs of Nefermaat and Rahotep at Maidum. Discovery, Destruction and Reconstruction, Prestbury (Cheltenham): Oxford Expedition to Egypt [Egyptian tombs of the Old Kingdom 1], pp. 253, 261, 262.