228_Saq_S

Container owner

name Meriteti
title tAjtj TAtj (n) zAb
sex male

Container properties

number
material limestone
present location
state of preservation
period OK
dynasty 6, mid Pepi I
type rectangular
updated typology
shape cuboid with roughly manufactured edges
lid yes, flat
length 3.15m
width 1.6m
height 1.55m
inscription
decoration undecorated
inner decoration no
description
notes sarcophagus lid:
the name of the owner overwritten with name Pepiankh – another son of Mereruka who usurped his part of the tomb

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 mastaba of Meriteti
material of tomb limestone
dating 6
tomb owner Mereruka
social position vizier
title

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.