168_Giz_S
Container owner
| name | Nensedjerkai |
| title | Xkrt nswt |
| sex | female |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | limestone |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 5, Sahure – Neferirkare |
| type | qeresu |
| updated typology | |
| shape | |
| lid | yes |
| length | 2.2m |
| width | 0.9m |
| height | 0.8m |
| inscription | no |
| decoration | undecorated no |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | |
| notes | daughter of Merib (owner of G 2100-I) |
Container findspot
| locality | Giza |
| site | Western Cemetery |
| location | Cemetery G 2100 |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | G 2100-II – Annex |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | early 5 |
| tomb owner | Nensedjerkai |
| social position | |
| title | Xkrt nswt ornament of the king, she (one) who is ornamented by the King (Lady-in-waiting) (Jones 2000: 794, no. 2899) |
| shaft | A |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context |
Bibliography
Manuelian, Peter Der and William K. Simpson
2009. Mastabas of nucleus cemetery G2100, part I: major mastabas G 2100-2220. Giza Mastabas 8. Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts
Junker, Hermann
1934. Gîza II: Bericht über die von der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien auf gemeinsame Kosten mit Dr. Wilhelm Pelizaeus unternommenen Grabungen auf dem Friedhof des Alten Reiches bei den Pyramiden von Gîza. Die Maṣṭabas der beginnenden V. Dynastie auf dem Westfriedhof. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse 70 (3). Wien; Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, p. 110, fig. 6.
Donadoni Roveri, Anna Maria 1969. I sarcofagi egizi dalle origine alla fine dell’Antico Regno. Serie archeologica 16. Roma: Istituto di Studi del Vicino Oriente – Università, p. 126.
Junker, Hermann 1913. Vorbericht über die zweite Grabung bei den Pyramiden von Gizeh vom 16. Dezember 1912 bis 24. März 1913. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse: Anzeiger 50 (14), 152-189. idem, “Vorbericht 1913,” p. 182 (= p. 32 of separately printed version).
Reisner, George Andrew 1942. A history of the Giza necropolis, volume I. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, p. 422.