166_Nag_P

written by AEBC | 13. 10. 2023

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
material pottery
present location
state of preservation
period OK
dynasty 3
type
updated typology
shape oval
lid flat
length
width
height
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
description Oval pottery coffin with a flat lid.
notes

Container findspot

locality Naga ed-Deir
site
location
tomb type pit
code of tomb No. 4718
material of tomb
dating OK, 3
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body inside yes
archaeological context
remarks on archaeological context Rectangular pit with stone lining contained an oval pottery coffin with a skeleton, 1 small pot and 2 pieces of copper.

Mace 1909: pl. 54d. 
Mace 1909: pl. 22f. 

Bibliography
Mace, Arthur Cruttenden
1909 The early dynastic cemeteries of Naga-ed-Der. Part II, Leipzig: Hinrichs, pp. 40, 63, fig. 76, pls. 22e–22f, 49b, 54c–54d.

Vandier, Jacques.
1952 Manuel d’archéologie égyptienne. Vol. I, Les époques de formation, Part II, Les trois premières dynasties, Paris: Picard, p. 688, fig. 451.