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226_Saq_S

written by AEBC | 16. 10. 2023

Container owner

name

Mereri

title

Container properties

number
material	limestone
present location
state of preservation
period	OK
dynasty	6, Merenre – beginning Pepi II
type	rectangular
updated typology
shape	–
lid
length	3.26m
width	1.45m
height	2m
inscription	yes
decoration	seven sacred oils no
inner decoration	yes
description
notes	seven sacred oils on the E wall of the sarcophagus case

Container findspot

locality	Saqqara
site	North Saqqara
location	W of the Step pyramid
tomb type	mastaba
code of tomb	adjacent to tomb of Ptahotepa (I), shaft no. 4
material of tomb	limestone
dating	6
tomb owner	Mereri
social position	vizier
title	Bibliography Hassan, Selim 1975. Mastabas of Princess Ḥemet-R’ and others. Edited by Zaki Iskander. Excavations at Saqqara 1937-1938 (3). Cairo: General Organisation for Government Printing Offices, p. 36, figs. 19,20, pls. XXI, XXII, 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. 607-608.