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089_Bal_P

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
material pottery
present location
state of preservation
period OK
dynasty
type
updated typology
shape rectangular with rounded corners
lid flat
length 80 cm
width 50 cm
height
inscription no
decoration no
inner decoration no
description
notes

Container findspot

locality Ballas
site
location
tomb type
code of tomb No. 260
material of tomb
dating OK
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body inside yes
archaeological context
remarks on archaeological context A burial in a pottery coffin. Two alabaster vessels were found inside the coffin near the skull (Petrie, Quibell 1896: pl. 11 (26)).

Petrie – Quibell 1896: pl. 3 (13).

Bibliography
Petrie, William Matthew Flinders – Quibell, James Edward
1896 Naqada and Ballas, London: Quaritch, p. 7, pl. 3 (13).