423_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
descriptionLarge beer jar used as a burial container.
notes

Container findspot

localityQau el-Kebir
sitecemetery 600
location
tomb type
code of tombNo. 682
material of tomb
datingOK, 4
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body insideyes
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextBurial of a very small child under a large beer jar. Two large glaze cylinder beads and a scarab were found.

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

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