192_Giz_S
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.