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411_Qau_P

Container owner

name
title
sex male

Container properties

number
material pottery
present location
state of preservation
period EDP–OK
dynasty 2–3
type
updated typology
shape rectangular with rounded corners
lid slightly vaulted
length 85 cm
width 55 cm
height 40 cm
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
description Rough pottery coffin with rounded corners and slightly vaulted lid.
notes

Container findspot

locality Qau el-Kebir
site cemetery 400
location
tomb type pit
code of tomb No. 416
material of tomb
dating EDP–OK, 2–3
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body inside yes
archaeological context primary
remarks on archaeological context Burial pit with a pottery coffin. One pot was found inside the coffin.

Bibliography
Brunton, Guy – Gardiner, Alan Henderson – Petrie, William Matthew Flinders
1927 Qau and Badari. Volume I, London: Quaritch, p. 11, pl. 10.