420_Qau_P

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
materialpottery
present location
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty4
type
updated typology
shapepot
lid
length
width
height
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
description
notes

Container findspot

localityQau el-Kebir
sitecemetery 600
location
tomb type
code of tombNo. 623
material of tomb
datingOK, 4
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body insideyes
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextA child covered by a domestic pot with a hole in its base. There was a shatter which may had been used to cover the hole in the base to prevent the sand falling inside the pot when the grave was filled up.

Bibliography
Brunton, Guy – Gardiner, Alan Henderson – Petrie, William Matthew Flinders
1927 Qau and Badari. Volume I, London: Quaritch, pp. 21–22.

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