Container owner
name | Rakhetra |
title | |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | |
material | granite |
present location | in situ |
state of preservation | |
period | OK |
dynasty | 4 |
type | rectangular |
updated typology | |
shape | cuboid with sharp edges (Reisnor type d) |
lid | yes, flat |
length | 2.64m |
width | 1.07m |
height | 0.97m |
inscription | no |
decoration | undecorated no |
inner decoration | no |
description | |
notes | material identified as black granitediorite (Klemm, Rosemarie – Klemm, Dietrich D. 2008. Stones and quarries in ancient Egypt. London: British Museum Press: 91) |
Container findspot
locality | Giza |
site | Giza |
location | |
tomb type | pyramid |
code of tomb | pyramid of Rakhef |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | 4 |
tomb owner | Rakhaef |
social position | king |
title | |
shaft | |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | the lid broken into two pieces found beside the sarcophagus case |
Bibliography
Perring, J. S.
1842 The pyramids to the southward of Gizeh and at Abu Roash, part III: Campbell’s tomb, and a section of the rock at Gizeh from actual survey and admeasurement. London: Fraser, p. 4.
Petrie, W.M.Flinders
1990. The pyramids and temples of Gizeh, New and revised ed. London: Histories & Mysteries of Man, pp. 106-108, 203-205.
Hoelscher, U.
1912 Das Grabdenkmal des Königs Chephren (=Veröff. Der Ernst von Sieglin Expedition in Ägypten, 1), Leipzig, pp. 63, fig.51.
Schmidt, Valdemar
1919 Levende og døde i det gamle Ægypten : album til ordning af sarkofager, mumiekister, mumiehylstre o lign. – København : Frimodt, pp. 33, figs. 200-201.
Maragioglio, Vito – Rinaldi, Celeste Ambrogio
1966. L’Architettura delle piramidi Menfite, parte V: le piramidi di Zedefrâ e di Chefren, 2 vols., pp. 57-59, 109-111, tav. X.