140_Nag_P

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
materialmud
present location
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty3
type
updated typology
shaperectangular
lid
length84 cm
width55 cm
height15 cm
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
descriptionRectangular mud coffin, top edge broken.
notes

Container findspot

localityNaga ed-Deir
sitecemetery 600
location
tomb typepit
code of tombNo. 651
material of tomb
datingOK, 3
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body insideyes
archaeological context
remarks on archaeological contextRectangular burial pit (115 × 60 cm, 60 cm deep) with a widened space on east under a large boulder which contained a mud coffin. The grave was probably roofed with stone slabs. One ceremonial offering jar was found outside the coffin.
Reisner 1932: pl. 12f.
Reisner 1932: fig. 189.

Bibliography
Reisner, George Andrew
1932 A provincial cemetery of the pyramid age: Naga-ed-der. Part III, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 15, 243, fig. 189, pl. 12f.