Container owner
name | Pepiankh Inti |
title | zS a (w) (nw) nzwt xft-Hr – scribe of the royal records in the presence (Jones 2000: 839: no. 3063) |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | AB 19 |
material | limestone |
present location | in situ |
state of preservation | good |
period | OK |
dynasty | 6 (Pepi I – Pepi II) |
type | flat |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular |
lid | yes |
length | 3.12 m |
width | 1.65 m |
height | 1.96 m |
inscription | no |
decoration | no |
inner decoration | no |
description | uninscribed and undecorated sarcophagus; roughly manufactured with clearly visible tool marks |
notes |
Container findspot
locality | Abusir South |
site | Abusir |
location | S of the tomb of vizier Qar |
tomb type | mastaba |
code of tomb | AS 22 (JJ) |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | 6 (Pepy I – Pepy II) |
tomb owner | Inti |
social position | high-ranking official |
title | zAb iry Nxn – juridicial official and mouth of Nekhen (Jones 2000: 806, no. 2946) |
shaft | A |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | robbed sarcophagus with a damaged human burial: a mummy found thrown on the sarcophagus; travertine seven sacred oils tablet found alongside N part of the sarcophagus in situ |
Bibliography
Bárta, Miroslav
2006 “The Sixth Dynasty tombs in Abusir: tomb complex of the vizier Qar and his family”, in: Bárta, Miroslav (ed.), The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31 ‒ June 4, 2004, Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, p. 59.
Bárta, Miroslav – Vachala, Břetislav et al.
in preparation The Tomb of Inti, Prague: Charles University [Abusir XXI].