126_Nag_P

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
materialmud
present location
state of preservation
periodEDP–OK
dynasty
type
updated typology
shaperectangular
lid
length100 cm
width50 cm
height
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
description
notes

Container findspot

localityNaga ed-Deir
sitecemetery 1500
location
tomb typepit
code of tombNo. 1525
material of tomb
datingEDP–OK
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body insideyes
archaeological context
remarks on archaeological contextA burial pit 170 cm deep with a brick lining plastered inside to a height of 150 cm. The upper part of the grave was destroyed, the roof was probably wooden.
The pit contained 2 coffins.
The first coffin was of unbaked Nile mud and was situated partly on the second coffin and partly on debris in the bottom of the pit. The lid was missing, the coffin was filled with dirt and contained a disturbed skeleton lying on its left side with head to the north.
The second coffin was of red pottery. The lid was moved to one side and broken. Flat limestone chips were found between the coffin and the brick lining. Inside the coffin, a skeleton in contracted position lying on the left side with head to the north was documented.
In the debris, several pots belonging to the second coffin were in position. Thus, the first coffin was an intrusive burial placed in a hole dug in an older grave.
The burial contained 1 stone vessel of yellow limestone and 32 pottery vessels, 4 of them were inside the second coffin. At least 5 pottery vessels belonged to the later burial.
Fragments of cloth were clinging to the skeleton in the second coffin.
Reisner 1908: fig. 19.
Reisner 1908: fig. 18.

Bibliography
Reisner, George Andrew
1908 Early Dynastic Cemeteries of Naga-ed-Dêr. Part I, Leipzig: University of California Publications, Egyptian Archaeology II, pp. 17, 20–21, figs. 18–20, pls. 16a–c, 54a.