227_Saq_S

Container owner

nameMereruka
titletAjtj TAtj (n) zAb
sexmale

Container properties

number
materiallimestone
present location
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty6, beginning-mid Teti – mid Pepi I
typerectangular – Reisner type d
updated typology
shapecuboid with sharp edges (Reisner type d)
lidyes, flat
length4.5m
width1.8m
height1.5m
inscriptionyes
decorationundecorated
no
inner decorationno
description
notestexts in the interior are over written

wooden coffin: 594_Saq_W

Container findspot

localitySaqqara
siteNorth Saqqara
locationTeti Pyramid Cemetery, in the first row in “Rue de Tombeaux”
tomb typemastaba
code of tombtomb of Mereruka
material of tomblimestone
dating6
tomb ownerMereruka
social positionvizier
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 contextthe sarcophagus is walled and accessible by a ramp

Bibliography
Firth, Cecil M. and Battiscombe Gunn
1926. Teti pyramid cemeteries, 2 vols. Excavations at Saqqara. Le Caire: Imprimerie de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale. At head of title: Service des antiquités de l’Égypte, p. 24, fig. 19, tav. 2, pp. 149-150, tav. 60, nn. 3-8.
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. 525-523.