197_Giz_S

Container owner

nameQar, Meriranetjer
titleXry-tp nswt
sexmale

Container properties

number
materiallimestone
present locationin situ
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty6 (Merenre to beginnng of Pepi II)
typerectangular
updated typology
shapecuboid – cut in the floor of the BCH 
lid
length2.64m
width1.6m
height0.34m
inscriptionno
decorationundecorated
no
inner decorationno
description
notessarcophagus tub was cut in the floor

Container findspot

localityGiza
siteEastern cemetery
locationCemetery G 7000
tomb typemastaba
code of tombG 7101 
material of tomblimestone
dating6
tomb ownerQar
social positionhigh-ranking official
titleimy-rA Hwt wrt 6 mAa
“overseer of the six great law-courts” (Jones 2000: 165: 630)
shaftM
burial apartmentburial chamber
body inside
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextfragments of human bones

Bibliography
Simpson, William Kelly
1976 The mastabas of Qar and Idu G 7101 and 7102. Giza Mastabas 2. Boston: Department of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art, Museum of Fine Arts.