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080_Giz_W

Container owner

name unknown
title titul
sex pohlaví

Container properties

number ÄS 7512 a
material wood
present location KHM Wien
state of preservation good
period OK
dynasty end 5 / early 6
type long
updated typology typologie
shape rectangular (box)
lid flat
length 204 cm
width 72 cm
height 73 cm
inscription no
decoration no
inner decoration no
description outer coffin from anonymous double coffin set (both fit exactly);
outer and inner lid connected with ropes;
undecorated
notes unclear dating:
Junker: Anfang 5 / Ende AR/1ZwZ
Haslauer: Ende 6
Hölzl: 5/6
documentation of KHM: 4

Container findspot

locality Giza
site Western Cemetery
location G 5000 (street against E wall of G 5070, N of G 5070’s chapel)
tomb type mastaba
code of tomb S309/316
material of tomb limestone
dating OK, end 5 / early 6
tomb owner vlastník
social position pozice
title titul2
shaft 316
burial apartment burial chamber
body inside yes
archaeological context primary
remarks on archaeological context inside: 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], pp. 45–64, figs. 16–26, pls. 11–14, plan after pl. 40.