Container owner
name | Rakhetra |
title | zAt nswt nt (Xt.f) |
sex | female |
Container properties
number | |
material | limestone |
present location | in situ? |
state of preservation | |
period | OK |
dynasty | 4, Rakhef |
type | rectangular |
updated typology | |
shape | – |
lid | yes |
length | 2.4m |
width | 1.05m |
height | – |
inscription | no |
decoration | undecorated no |
inner decoration | no |
description | |
notes | Thrown on the debris to the south-west of the sarcophagus were a few human bones and part of a human skull, perhaps the remains of the Queen (Hassan 1950: 7) |
Container findspot
locality | Giza |
site | Giza |
location | S of the causeway of Rakhef |
tomb type | rock-cut tomb |
code of tomb | tomb of Rakhetra – No I |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | 4 |
tomb owner | Rakhetra |
social position | member of the royal family |
title | zAt nswt n Xt.f – king’s daughter of his body (Jones 2000: 819, no. 2993) |
shaft | |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | ? |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | sarcophagus found completely empty with the lid shifted by the looters the leg bones of a bull were found lying upon the lid. |
Bibliography
Hassan, Selim
1950. Excavations at Gîza: 1934-1935. The mastabas of the sixth season and their description. Excavations of the Faculty of Arts, Fouad I University. Excavations at Gîza 6 (3). Cairo: Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte: Government Press.