225_Saq_S

Container owner

nameMereri
titlejmj-r prwj-HD
sexmale

Container properties

number
materiallimestone
present location
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty6,  beginning – mid Pepi I
typerectangular
updated typology
shape –
lid
length2.7m
width1.46m
height1.4m
inscriptionyes
decorationwDAt eyes
no
inner decorationyes
description
noteswDAt eyes on the sarcophagus case

Container findspot

localitySaqqara
siteNorth Saqqara
locationN of Teti Pyramid Cemetery, N of Mereruka
tomb typemastaba
code of tombtomb of Mereri
material of tomblimestone
dating6
tomb ownerMereri
social positionhigh-ranking official
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 contextrobbed by a hole in the E wall

Bibliography
Davies, W. V., A. el-Khouli, A. B. Lloyd, –  A. J. Spencer
1984. Saqqâra Tombs I: the Mastabas of Mereri and Wernu. Archaeological survey of Egypt 36. London: Egypt Exploration Society, pp. 3, 4, pls. 16 a, b, c, 38b.
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. 18-19.
Kanawati, N. – M. Abder-Raziq
2001. The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara. Volume VII: the tombs of Shepsipuptah, Mereri (Merinebti), Hefi and others. Australian Centre for Egyptology: reports 17. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, pp. 30-40.