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189_Saq_S

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.