218_Saq_S

written by AEBC | 16. 10. 2023

Container owner

name Neferseshemre, Seshi
title tAjtj zAb TAtj
sex male

Container properties

number
material limestone
present location in situ
state of preservation
period OK
dynasty 6 (mid Teti – beginning Pepi I)
type rectangular
updated typology
shape cuboid with sharp edges (Reisner type d)
lid yes
length 3.43m
width 1.7m
height 1.04m
inscription yes
decoration undecorated
no
inner decoration yes
description
notes plaster remains on the sarcophagus
copper

Container findspot

locality Saqqara
site North Saqqara
location Teti Pyramid Cemetery – first tomb in “Rue de Tombeaux” from W
tomb type mastaba
code of tomb mastaba of Neferseshemre Seshi
material of tomb limestone
dating 6
tomb owner Neferseshemre, Sheshi
social position vizier
title

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.