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214_Saq_S

Container owner

name Nikauisesi
title  jmj-r kAt nb(t) nt nswt
sex male

Container properties

number
material limestone
present location
state of preservation
period OK
dynasty 6 (mid Teti – beginning Pepi I)
type rectangular
updated typology
shape
lid
length 2.95m
width 1.8m
height 1.65m
inscription no
decoration undecorated
no
inner decoration no
description
notes

Container findspot

locality Saqqara
site North Cemetery
location Teti Pyramid Cemetery
tomb type mastaba
code of tomb mastaba of Nikauisesi
material of tomb limestone
dating 6
tomb owner Nikauisesi
social position high-ranking official
title jmj-r kAt nbt nt nswt
– overseer of all works of the king (Jones 2000: 262, no. 950
shaft
burial apartment burial chamber
body inside
archaeological context primary
remarks on archaeological context

Bibliography
Kanawati, N. and M. Abder-Raziq
2000. The Teti cemetery at Saqqara, Volume VI: the tomb of Nikauisesi. Australian Centre for Egyptology: reports 14. Warminster: Aris and Phillips, pp. 31-33, pls. 41-42.