Container owner
name | Nefer |
title | imy-rA prwy-HD |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | AB 220 |
material | limestone |
present location | in situ |
state of preservation | damaged by a collapsed roof of burial chamber |
period | OK |
dynasty | 5 (Djedkare) |
type | qeresu |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular (Reisner type d) |
lid | yes |
length | 2.24 m |
width | 1.05 m |
height | 0.8 m |
inscription | no |
decoration | no |
inner decoration | no |
description | |
notes | robbed burial chamber, a group of miniature model vessels made of limestone was the only burial equipment found |
Container findspot
locality | Abusir South |
site | Abusir |
location | Central Mound |
tomb type | rock-cut tomb |
code of tomb | AS 68d |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | mid 5 |
tomb owner | Nefer |
social position | high-ranking official |
title | imy-rA prwy-HD – overseer of the two treasuries (Jones 2000: 133, no. 524) |
shaft | shaft 1 (the southern one) |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context |
Bibliography
Bárta, Miroslav – Vymazalová, Hana – Dulíková, Veronika – Arias Kytnarová, Katarína –Megahed, Mohamed – Varadzin, Ladislav