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231_Giz_S

Container owner

name Meresankh (II)
title zAt nswt n Xt.f
sex lemale

Container properties

number
material granite
present location Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MFA 27.441a-b
state of preservation
period OK
dynasty mid 4th
type rectangular
updated typology
shape cuboid with sharp edges (Reisner type d)
lid yes
length 2.24m
width 0.93m
height 0.85m
inscription yes
decoration palace facade – case; Anubis sign – lid
inner decoration no
description
notes

Container findspot

locality Giza
site  Eastern Cemetery
location Cemetery G 7000
tomb type mastaba
code of tomb G 7410-7420
material of tomb limestone
dating 4
tomb owner Meresankh (II)
social position member of the royal family
title zAt nswt n Xt.f, Hmt nswt jmA wrt
shaft
burial apartment burial chamber
body inside
archaeological context primary
remarks on archaeological context

Bibliography
Dows, Dunham
1927. New installation in the Egyptian Department. Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts 25 (152), pp. 96-98.
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. 50.
Smith, W. Stevenson 1933. The coffin of prince Min-Khaf. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 19 (3/4), pp. 150-159.