Container owner
| name | Qar |
| title | tAyty zAb Taty |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | AB 12 |
| material | limestone |
| present location | in situ |
| state of preservation | good |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6 |
| type | qeresu |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular |
| lid | yes |
| length | 3.1 m |
| width | 1.5 m |
| height | 2.02 m |
| inscription | yes |
| decoration | no |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | wooden planks covered with white colour |
| notes | wooden planks covered with white colour |
Container findspot
| locality | Abusir |
| site | Abusir South |
| location | westernmost part of the Central Mound area |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | AS 16 |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | 6 (Teti) |
| tomb owner | Qar |
| social position | vizier |
| title | tAyty zAb TAtj – he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier (Jones 2000: 1000, no. 3706) |
| shaft | descending corridor opens in the SE part of the Open Court |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | despite robbed human bones and other organic remains were found inside the sarcophagus |
Bibliography
Bárta, Miroslav 2009 “Tomb complex of the vizier Qar”, in: Bárta, Miroslav, Tomb complex of the vizier Qar, his sons Qar Junior and Senedjemib, and Iykai, Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague [Abusir XIII. Abusir South 2], pp. 51‒52, 72‒74, 113‒114, fig. 5.2.28, 5.2.29, 5.3.11‒5.3.13, pl. 7a,b;
Bárta, Miroslav 2009 “Zapomenutý vezír Kar a jeho synové”, Pražské egyptologické studie VI, pp. 21‒26;
Bárta, Miroslav 2006 “The Sixth Dynasty tombs in Abusir: tomb complex of the vizier Qar and his family”, in: Bárta, Miroslav (ed.), The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31 ‒ June 4, 2004, Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, pp. 51‒52.