Container owner
name | Menkauhor |
title | |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | |
material | basalt/greywacke |
present location | |
state of preservation | |
period | OK |
dynasty | 5 |
type | rectangular |
updated typology | |
shape | cuboid with sharp edges (Reisner type d) |
lid | |
length | – |
width | – |
height | – |
inscription | no |
decoration | undecorated |
inner decoration | no |
description | |
notes | Ity was proposed to the be the owner of the sarcophagus by Firth |
Container findspot
locality | Saqqara |
site | North Saqqara |
location | to the E of pyramid of Teti, near the edge of the escarpment |
tomb type | pyramid |
code of tomb | Headless pyramid |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | 5 |
tomb owner | Menkauhor |
social position | king |
title | |
shaft | |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | |
archaeological context | secondary |
remarks on archaeological context | only fragments preserved |
Bibliography
Firth, C. M. 1930. Excavations of the Department of Antiquities at Saqqara, 1930-1931. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte 30, p. 188.