140_Nag_P

written by AEBC | 13. 10. 2023

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
material mud
present location
state of preservation
period OK
dynasty 3
type
updated typology
shape rectangular
lid
length 84 cm
width 55 cm
height 15 cm
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
description Rectangular mud coffin, top edge broken.
notes

Container findspot

locality Naga ed-Deir
site cemetery 600
location
tomb type pit
code of tomb No. 651
material of tomb
dating OK, 3
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body inside yes
archaeological context
remarks on archaeological context Rectangular 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.