Container owner
| name | Raneferef |
| title | |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | granite |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 5 |
| type | rectangular – Reisner type d |
| updated typology | |
| shape | cuboid with sharp edges (Reisner type d) |
| lid | yes, qeresu |
| length | 2.7m |
| width | – |
| height | – |
| inscription | |
| decoration | undecorated |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | |
| notes | the length of the sarcophagus derived from the length of the burial chamber |
Container findspot
| locality | Abusir |
| site | Central Abusir |
| location | |
| tomb type | pyramid |
| code of tomb | AC 3 (I) |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | 5 |
| tomb owner | Raneferef |
| social position | king |
| title | |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context | fragments of both the lid and the case were found in the burial chamber and antechamber |
Bibliography
Verner, Miroslav
2000 Newly discovered royal sarcophagi from Abusir, In Bárta, Miroslav – Krejčí, Jaromír (eds.), Abusir and Saqqara in the year 2000, pp. 565-566, figs. 1,2.
Verner, Miroslav
1999 Excavations at Abusir. Preliminary report 1997/8, in: ZÄS 126, pp. 70-76.