194_Giz_S
Container owner
| name | Rawer |
| title | jmj-r kAt nbt nt nswt |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | limestone |
| present location | Egyptian Museum, Cairo, EMC_JE_51950 |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | (5/6) Baer, Strudwick/(4/5) Reisner |
| type | qeresu |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular with sharp edges (Reisner type d) |
| lid | yes |
| length | 2.54m |
| width | 1.23m |
| height | 0.94m |
| inscription | no |
| decoration | palace facade yes |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | |
| notes | the sarcophagus was embedded in a recess in the floor
polished sarcophagus |
Container findspot
| locality | Giza |
| site | Central Field |
| location | E of Menkaure’s pyramid, W of pyramid complex of queen Khentkaus |
| tomb type | rock-cut tomb |
| code of tomb | G 8310=LG 94 |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | 5 |
| tomb owner | Rawer (III) |
| social position | high-ranking official |
| title | jmj-r kAt nbt nt nswt – overseer of all works of the king (Jones 2000: 262, no. 950) |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | ? |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context |
Bibliography
Porter, Bertha – Moss, Rosalind L. B.
1981. Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs and paintings III2: Memphis. Part 2: Ṣaqqâra to Dahshûr, 2nd, revised and augmented ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Griffith Institute, pp. 58, 242.
Lange, Kurt and Hirmer, Max
1955. Aegypten: Architektur Plastik Malerei in drei Jahrtausenden. München: Hirmer: tav. 49.
Hassan, Selim
1944. Excavations at Gîza 5: 1933-1934. With Special Chapters on Methods of Excavation, the False-Door, and Other Archaeological and Religious Subjects. Cairo: Government Press, pp. 296-297.