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424_Qau_P

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
material pottery
present location
state of preservation
period OK
dynasty 4
type
updated typology
shape pot
lid
length
width
height
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
description
notes

Container findspot

locality Qau el-Kebir
site cemetery 800
location
tomb type pit
code of tomb No. 819
material of tomb
dating OK, 4
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body inside yes
archaeological context primary
remarks on archaeological context Round burial pit with a ledge on which stood an inverted pot. Around the pot were placed large stones to keep the pot in position. Two fine polished red vases were found approximately on the ledge.

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

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