Container owner
| name | Wernu |
| title | Hrj-sStA n pr-dwAt |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | limestone |
| present location | in situ? |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6, Pepi I and later |
| type | rectangular |
| updated typology | |
| shape | |
| lid | yes |
| length | 2.8m |
| width | 1.3m |
| height | 1.22m |
| inscription | no |
| decoration | undecorated no |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | |
| notes | part of the lid broken |
Container findspot
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | North Saqqara |
| location | S part of Teti Pyramid Cemetery |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | mastaba of Wernu |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | 6 |
| tomb owner | Wernu |
| social position | high-ranking official |
| title | Hrj-sStA n pr-dwAt secretary/privy to the secret of the House of Mouning (Jones 2000: 620, no. 2275) |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | the lid found in situ |
Bibliography
Davies, W. V., el-Khouli, A., Lloyd, A.B. and Spencer, A.J.
1984 Saqqâra Tombs I: the Mastabas of Mereri and Wernu. Archaeological survey of Egypt 36. London: Egypt Exploration Society, p. 21.