227_Saq_S

written by AEBC | 16. 10. 2023

Container owner

name	Mereruka
title	tAjtj TAtj (n) zAb
sex	male

Container properties

number
material	limestone
present location
state of preservation
period	OK
dynasty	6, beginning-mid Teti – mid Pepi I
type	rectangular – Reisner type d
updated typology
shape	cuboid with sharp edges (Reisner type d)
lid	yes, flat
length	4.5m
width	1.8m
height	1.5m
inscription	yes
decoration	undecorated no
inner decoration	no
description
notes	texts in the interior are over written wooden coffin: 594_Saq_W

Container findspot

locality	Saqqara
site	North Saqqara
location	Teti Pyramid Cemetery, in the first row in “Rue de Tombeaux”
tomb type	mastaba
code of tomb	tomb of Mereruka
material of tomb	limestone
dating	6
tomb owner	Mereruka
social position	vizier
title	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.