134_Nag_P

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
material	pottery
present location
state of preservation
period	OK
dynasty	3–4
type
updated typology
shape	rectangular with rounded corners
lid
length	74 cm
width	34 cm
height	32 cm
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
description	A rectangular pottery coffin, thickness of walls about 2 cm.
notes

Container findspot

locality	Naga ed-Deir
site	cemetery 500
location
tomb type	pit
code of tomb	No. 650
material of tomb
dating	OK, 3–4
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body inside	yes
archaeological context
remarks on archaeological context	A rectangular burial pit (110 × 70 cm, depth 70 cm) with a pottery coffin. On the edge of the pit was found a ceremonial offering jar. Inside the coffin was a spherical jar of salmon pink with a flat rim, and a necklace of cylindrical beads of dark schist and white shell.

Bibliography
Reisner, George Andrew
1932 A provincial cemetery of the pyramid age: Naga-ed-der. Part III, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 15, 107, 243, figs. 34, 188, pl. 40c.