Container owner
| name | Merenre |
| title | |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | greywacke |
| present location | in situ |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6 |
| type | rectangular |
| updated typology | |
| shape | cuboid with sharp edges (Reisner type d) |
| lid | |
| length | 2.72m |
| width | 1.12m |
| height | 1.12m |
| inscription | yes |
| decoration | undecorated |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | |
| notes | the sarcophagus made of black granite not pink granite |
Container findspot
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | South Saqqara |
| location | |
| tomb type | pyramid |
| code of tomb | pyramid of Merenre |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | 6 |
| tomb owner | Merenre |
| social position | king |
| title | |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | – – |
Bibliography
Brugsch, H. 1881. Zwei Pyramiden mit Inschriften aus den Zeiten der VI. Dynastie. Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 19, pp. 4-6.
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, p. 93.