199_Abu_S
Container owner
| name | Ptahshepses |
| title | tAjtj zAb TAtj |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | granite |
| present location | in the BCH |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 5 (end Niuserre – beginning Djedkare) |
| type | qeresu |
| updated typology | |
| shape | |
| lid | yes |
| length | 2.95m |
| width | 1.49m |
| height | 1.1m |
| inscription | no |
| decoration | undecorated no |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | |
| notes | a hole in the E wall of the sarcophagus case polished surface interior lined with 7.5 cm thick limestone slabs |
Container findspot
| locality | Abusir |
| site | Central Abusir |
| location | to the east of the Nyuserre’s pyramid |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | AC 8 (P) |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | 5 |
| tomb owner | Ptahshepses |
| social position | vizier |
| title | tAjtj TAtj (n) zAb – he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier (Jones 2000: 1000, no. 3706) |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | the lid thrown on the floor between the tub and the V wall of the chamber |
Bibliography
Verner, Miroslav
2000. Newly discovered royal sarcophagi from Abusir. In Bárta, Miroslav and Jaromír Krejčí (eds), Abusir and Saqqara in the year 2000, 561-580. Praha: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Oriental Institute, pp. 568-569, figs. 5,6.
Žába, Zbyněk
(unpublished) Plan of the Sarcophagi, p. 34, Architecture 1, p. 2.