Container owner
| name | Henu |
| title | |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | 16H50/1C |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | complete |
| period | FIP |
| dynasty | |
| type | Type I |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular (box) |
| lid | flat |
| length | 204 cm |
| width | 57 cm |
| height | 53 cm |
| inscription | yes |
| decoration | udjat-eyes yes |
| inner decoration | |
| description | wooden box coffin with flat lid and a line of an inscription on each side udjat-eyes on the eastern outer side 3 carpenter’s marks |
| notes |
Container findspot
| locality | Deir el-Bersha |
| site | |
| location | |
| tomb type | |
| code of tomb | |
| material of tomb | |
| dating | FIP |
| tomb owner | |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | models, ka statue, sandals |
Bibliography
De Meyer, Marleen
2018 “Reading a burial chamber: Anatomy of a First Intermediate Period coffin in context”, in: Taylor, John H. – Vandenbeusch, Marie (eds.). Ancient Egyptian Coffins. Craft traditions and functionality, Leuven – Paris – Bristol, Ct.: Peeters [British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan 4], pp. 217–230.