290_Abu_S

written by AEBC | 16. 10. 2023

Container owner

name unknown
title
sex female

Container properties

number AB 107
material limestone
present location in situ
state of preservation good
period OK
dynasty 6
type flat
updated typology
shape rectangular with roughly manufactured edges
lid yes
length 2.50 m
width 1.00 m
height 1.1 m
inscription no
decoration no
inner decoration no
description limestone sarcophagus closed with flat, slightly rounded lid featuring one handle on each side
notes sarcophagus sealed with white mortar;
the owner is probable mother of the vizier Qar;
original burial equipment found in situ in the burial chamber: four limestone canopic, sealed mud jugs, cattle bones

Container findspot

locality Abusir South
site Abusir
location westernmost part of the Central Mound area
tomb type mastaba
code of tomb AS 16
material of tomb limestone
dating 6
tomb owner Qar
social position vizier
title

photo: Milan Zemina (CIE FA CU)
photo: Milan Zemina (CIE FA CU)

Bibliography
Bárta, Miroslav 2009 “Tomb complex of the vizier Qar”, in Bárta, Miroslav, Tomb complex of the vizier Qar, his sons Qar Junior and Senedjemib, and Iykai, Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague [Abusir XIII. Abusir South 2], pp. 76‒77, 312, fig.5.2.35, 5.2.37, 5.2.39, 5.2.42.
Bárta, Miroslav 2006 “The Sixth Dynasty tombs in Abusir: tomb complex of the vizier Qar and his family”, in: Bárta, Miroslav (ed.), The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31 ‒ June 4, 2004, Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, p. 59.