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191_Saq_S

Container owner

name Watetkhethor
title zAt nswt
sex female

Container properties

number
material limestone
present location in situ
state of preservation
period OK
dynasty 6, end Teti/ beginning Pepi I
type rectangular
updated typology
shape cuboid with roughly manufactured edges
lid
length 2.95m
width 1.48m
height 1.1m
inscription no
decoration undecorated
no
inner decoration no
description
notes wooden coffin: 595_Saq_W

niche in W wall of BCH for lid

Watetkhethor was a daughter of Teti, sister of Pepi I, and wife of Mereruka.

Container findspot

locality Saqqara
site North Saqqara
location Teti Pyramid Cemetery
tomb type
code of tomb
material of tomb limestone
dating 6
tomb owner Watetkhethor
social position member of the royal family
title zAt nswt
  – king’s daughter (Jones 2000: 817, no. 2988)
shaft
burial apartment burial chamber
body inside
archaeological context primary
remarks on archaeological context lid in situ
hole after burglary in the E wall

Bibliography
Kanawati, N. and M. Abdel Raziq
2008. Mereruka and his family. Part II: the tomb of Waatetkhethor. Australian Centre for Egyptology: Reports 26. London: Aris & Philipps, p. 18.