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.