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401_Abu_S

written by AEBC | 16. 10. 2023

Container owner

name husband of Sheretnebty
title unknown
sex male

Container properties

number AB 218
material limestone
present location in situ
state of preservation good
period OK
dynasty 5
type qeresu
updated typology
shape rectangular
lid yes
length 2.45 m
width 1.14 m
height 1.10 m
inscription no
decoration no
inner decoration no
description undecorated and uninscribed sarcophagus with qeresu type of lid made of fine white limestone nicely polished
notes

Container findspot

locality Abusir South
site Abusir
location Central Mound
tomb type rock-cut tomb
code of tomb AS 68c
material of tomb limestone
dating 5 (Niuserre)
tomb owner husband of Sheretnebty
social position without relevant title
title unknown
shaft shaft 1 (the southern one)
burial apartment burial chamber
body inside no
archaeological context secondary
remarks on archaeological context robbers’ hole in the E wall of the sarcophagus chest and lid;
limestone pedestal for the lid placed to the E of the sarcophagus;
remains of the original burial equipment: faience beads, limestone pendants, pieces of gold foil, pottery vessels, canopic jars and animal bones were found scattered to the E of the sarcophagus

photo: Martin Frouz (CIE FA CU)
photo: Martin Frouz (CIE FA CU)

Bibliography

Vymazalová, Hana ‒ Arias Kytnarová, Katarína
2017 “The development of tomb AS 68c in Abusir South: burial place of the king’s daughter Sheretnebty and her family”, in: Bárta, Miroslav ‒ Coppens, Filip ‒ Krejčí, Jaromír (eds.), Abusir and Saqqara in the year 2015, Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, pp. 435‒450.
Vymazalová, Hana
2015 “Exploration of the burial apartments in tomb complex AS 68. Preliminary report of the 2013 fall season”, Prague Egyptological Studies XV, pp. 43‒58.
Vymazalová, Hana
2014 “New evidence on Princess Sheretnebty from Abusir South”, Archiv orientální 82/1, pp. 1–19.
Vymazalová, Hana 2013 “Skalní hrobky v hrobovém komplexu princezny Šeretnebtej (AS 68): výzkum pohřebních šachet”, Pražské egyptologické studie XII, pp. 10‒19.
Vymazalová, Hana – Dulíková, Veronika
2012 “Výzkum hrobového komplexu princezny Šeretnebtej v jižním Abúsíru”, Pražské egyptologické studie X, pp. 26‒34.