167_Nag_P

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 pieces of stone
length
width
height
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
description	Oval pottery coffin with pieces of stone used as a lid.
notes

Container findspot

locality	Naga ed-Deir
site
location
tomb type	mastaba
code of tomb	No. 5302
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 with a hole cut in the middle of the floor in which an oval pottery coffin was situated. Flat pieces of stone fastened together and to the coffin with mud were used as a lid. Remains of cloth wrappings were documented on the skeleton. The brick superstructure had 2 simple niches in the west wall, the southern one contained traces of wooden lintel. An enclosure wall stood in front of the west side. Outside the tomb, at the south end, 3 rough pots were found. According to the authors, the superstructure, which had different orientation than the pit, was built after the burial was placed in position.

Bibliography
Mace, Arthur Cruttenden
1909 The early dynastic cemeteries of Naga-ed-Der. Part II, Leipzig: Hinrichs, pp. 23, 71, figs. 41–42, 77, pls. 20a–20d, 55a.

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.