218_Saq_S

Container owner

nameNeferseshemre, Seshi
titletAjtj zAb TAtj
sexmale

Container properties

number
materiallimestone
present locationin situ
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty6 (mid Teti – beginning Pepi I)
typerectangular
updated typology
shapecuboid with sharp edges (Reisner type d)
lidyes
length3.43m
width1.7m
height1.04m
inscriptionyes
decorationundecorated
no
inner decorationyes
description
notesplaster remains on the sarcophagus
copper

Container findspot

localitySaqqara
siteNorth Saqqara
locationTeti Pyramid Cemetery – first tomb in “Rue de Tombeaux” from W
tomb typemastaba
code of tombmastaba of Neferseshemre Seshi
material of tomblimestone
dating6
tomb ownerNeferseshemre, Sheshi
social positionvizier
titletAjtj TAtj (n) zAb
– he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier (Jones 2000: 1000, no. 3706)
shaft
burial apartmentburial chamber
body inside
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextperhaps no wooden coffin

Bibliography
Firth, Cecil M. and Battiscombe Gunn
1926. Teti pyramid cemeteries, 2 vols. Excavations at Saqqara. Le Caire: Imprimerie de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale. At head of title: Service des antiquités de l’Égypte, pp. 18-19, fig. 12, 103-104, tav. 58, nn. 5-6.
Abd el-Raziq, M. and N. Kanawati
1998. The Teti cemetery at Saqqara III: The tombs of Neferseshemre and Seankhuiptah. Australian Centre for Egyptology: Reports 11. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, pp. 22, 37-38, pl. 60a.
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. 511-512.