228_Saq_S

Container owner

nameMeriteti
titletAjtj TAtj (n) zAb
sexmale

Container properties

number
materiallimestone
present location
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty6, mid Pepi I
typerectangular
updated typology
shapecuboid with roughly manufactured edges
lidyes, flat
length3.15m
width1.6m
height1.55m
inscription
decorationundecorated
inner decorationno
description
notessarcophagus lid:
the name of the owner overwritten with name Pepiankh – another son of Mereruka who usurped his part of the tomb

Container findspot

localitySaqqara
siteNorth Saqqara
locationTeti Pyramid Cemetery, in the first row in “Rue de Tombeaux”
tomb typemastaba
code of tombmastaba of Meriteti
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 contexta layer of rubble around the sarcophagus reached almost to the edge of the tub, the lid shifted to the east

Bibliography
Kanawati, N. and M. Abder-Raziq 2004. Mereruka and his family. Part I: the tomb of Meryteti. Australian Centre for Egyptology: Reports 21. Oxford: Aris and Phillips, pp. 21, 44.
PM III.2, 536, pl.37-38, 55b.