232_Saq_S

written by AEBC | 16. 10. 2023

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	Bibliography 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, 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.