206_Saq_S

Container owner

namePepi Nebi
titleXrj-tp nswt
sexmale

Container properties

number
materiallimestone
present location
state of preservation
periodOK
dynastyend 6
typerectangular
updated typology
shape
lidyes
length –
width –
height –
inscriptionyes
decorationundecorated
no
inner decorationno
description
notes

Container findspot

localitySaqqara
siteSouth Saqqara
locationnear the pyramid of Pepi II
tomb typemastaba
code of tombmastaba N IV
material of tomblimestone
dating6
tomb ownerPepi, Nebi
social positionmiddle-ranking official
titleXrj-tp nswt – king’s liegeman/royal chamberlain, he who is under the head of the king (Jones 2000: 788, no. 2874)
shaft
burial apartmentburial chamber
body inside
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological context

Bibliography
Jéquier, Gustave
1983. Fouilles à Saqqarah: tombeaux de particuliers contemporains de Pepi II. Le Caire: L’Organisation égyptienne générale du livre, p. 105.
Porter, Bertha – Moss, Rosalind L. B.
1981. Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs and paintings III2: Memphis. Part 2: Ṣaqqâra to Dahshûr, 2nd, revised and augmented ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Griffith Institute, pp. 182-183.