Container owner
| name | Mereri |
| title | jmj-r prwj-HD |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | limestone |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6, beginning – mid Pepi I |
| type | rectangular |
| updated typology | |
| shape | – |
| lid | |
| length | 2.7m |
| width | 1.46m |
| height | 1.4m |
| inscription | yes |
| decoration | wDAt eyes no |
| inner decoration | yes |
| description | |
| notes | wDAt eyes on the sarcophagus case |
Container findspot
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | North Saqqara |
| location | N of Teti Pyramid Cemetery, N of Mereruka |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | tomb of Mereri |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | 6 |
| tomb owner | Mereri |
| social position | high-ranking official |
| title | tAjtj TAtj (n) zAb – he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier (Jones 2000: 1000, no. 3706) |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | robbed 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.