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229_Saq_S

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.