Container owner
name | Minnefer |
title | |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | |
material | granite |
present location | |
state of preservation | |
period | OK |
dynasty | 5, beginning-mid Niuserre |
type | rectangular |
updated typology | |
shape | cuboid with sharp edges (Reisner type d) |
lid | |
length | 2.58m |
width | 1.27m |
height | 1.35m |
inscription | yes |
decoration | palace facade |
inner decoration | no |
description | |
notes | double sarcophagus made of of limestone slabs embedded in red granite one, Rijksmuseum Inv. AMT. 106 |
Container findspot
locality | Saqara |
site | North Saqqara |
location | the location unknown |
tomb type | mastaba |
code of tomb | F 3 |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | 5 |
tomb owner | Minnefer |
social position | vizier |
title | tAjtj TAtj (n) zAb – he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier (Jones 2000: 1000, no. 3706) |
shaft | |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context |
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Holwerda, A. E. J., P. A. A. Boeser, and J. H. Holwerda 1905. Die Denkmäler des Alten Reiches, 2 vols. Beschreibung der aegyptischen Sammlung des niederländischen Reichsmuseums der Altertümer in Leiden [1]. Leiden: E. J. Brill, pp. 21-22, tav.XXX.
Capart, Jean 1902-1905. Recueil de monuments égyptiens: cinquante planches phototypiques avec texte explicatif, 2 vols. Bruxelles: A. Vromant, tav. XIV.