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195_Abu_S

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.