232_Saq_S

Container owner

nameMinnefer
title
sexmale

Container properties

number
materialgranite
present location
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty5, beginning-mid Niuserre
typerectangular
updated typology
shapecuboid with sharp edges (Reisner type d)
lid
length2.58m
width1.27m
height1.35m
inscriptionyes
decorationpalace facade
inner decorationno
description
notesdouble sarcophagus made of of limestone slabs embedded in red granite one, Rijksmuseum Inv. AMT. 106

Container findspot

localitySaqara
siteNorth Saqqara
locationthe location unknown
tomb typemastaba
code of tombF 3
material of tomblimestone
dating5
tomb ownerMinnefer
social positionvizier
titletAjtj TAtj (n) zAb
– he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier (Jones 2000: 1000, no. 3706)
shaft
burial apartmentburial chamber
body inside
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological context

Bibliography
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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, pp. 337, 764.
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.