407_Abu_S
Container owner
| name | unknown |
| title | |
| sex |
Container properties
| number | AB 225 |
| material | limestone |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | fragments of a lid with handles |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 5 |
| type | |
| updated typology | |
| shape | |
| lid | yes |
| length | |
| width | |
| height | |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | ? |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | The sarcophagus was entirely destroyed by stone robbers, only several fragments including the handles belonging to sarcophagus lid remained. |
| notes | On the grounds of some sarcophagus fragments the lid was 20 cm high (overall dimensions of the sarcophagus cannot be reconstructed); the material of the sarcophagus was characterized by high hardness; the position of the sarcophagus was delimited by a low wall which is preserved at the SW part of the floor |
Container findspot
| locality | Central Abusir |
| site | Abusir |
| location | the southernmost mastaba in Nakhtsare’s cemetery |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | AC 31 |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | 5 (second part) |
| tomb owner | anonymous |
| social position | royal family |
| title | |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context | only fragment of a handle remained |
Bibliography
2019 “Nakhtsare’s cemetery in Abusir centre”, in: Piacentini, Patrizia – Castelli, Alessio Delli (eds.), Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology 7. Proceedings of the International Conference Università degli Studi di Milano. 3–7 July 2017, Milano: Libreria Antiquaria Pontremoli [Egyptian & Egyptological Documents Archives Libraries VI], pp. 122–127.