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221_Saq_S

Container owner

name Nedjetempet
title rxt nswt
sex female

Container properties

number
material limestone
present location
state of preservation
period OK
dynasty 6 (end Teti)
type rectangular
updated typology
shape
lid
length 2.94m
width 1.35m
height 1.2m
inscription yes
decoration undecorated
no
inner decoration no
description
notes texts only outlined in black ink not carved
corrections in texts; the names of gods are missing except of their epithets

Container findspot

locality Saqqara
site North Saqqara
location Teti Pyramid Cemetery
tomb type in situu
code of tomb mastaba of Nedjetempet
material of tomb limestone
dating 6
tomb owner Nedjetempet
social position without relevant title
title (j)r(j)-(j)x.t nswt – custodian of the king’s property/property custodian of the king (Bárta 1999)
shaft
burial apartment burial chamber
body inside
archaeological context primary
remarks on archaeological context a hole in the E wall of the sarcophagus

Bibliography
Hassan, A. – Kanawati, N.
1996. The Teti cemetery at Saqqara I: The tomb of Nedjet-em-pet, Ka-aper and others. Australian Centre for Egyptology: Reports 8. North Ryde (Sydney); Warminster: Australian Centre for Egyptology; Aris and Phillip, pp. 16-17, 21-22, pls. 8, 43.