080_Giz_W

Container owner

nameunknown
titletitul
sex

Container properties

numberÄS 7512 a
materialwood
present locationKHM Wien
state of preservationgood
periodOK
dynastyend 5 / early 6
typelong
updated typology
shaperectangular (box)
lidflat
length204 cm
width72 cm
height73 cm
inscriptionno
decorationno
inner decorationno
descriptionouter 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

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.