438_Bub_W
Container owner
name | unknown |
title | |
sex | two bodies – male and female |
Container properties
number | Burial No. 138 |
material | wood |
present location | |
state of preservation | |
period | OK–MK |
dynasty | |
type | |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular ? |
lid | |
length | |
width | |
height | |
inscription | ? |
decoration | ? |
inner decoration | ? |
description | no details mentioned by el-Sawi |
notes | el-Sawi mentioned that the bodies was placed on their bellies (?). no photo of the burial itself |
Container findspot
locality | Bubastis (Tell el-Basta) |
site | |
location | by Christian cemetery |
tomb type | pit grave |
code of tomb | Burial No. 138 |
material of tomb | |
dating | OK–MK |
tomb owner | |
social position | |
title | |
shaft | |
burial apartment | |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | Wooden coffin contained two skeletons. Burial equipment consisted of 3 jugs (red were, two of them were bag-shaped). |
Bibliography
el-Sawi, Ahmad
1979 Excavations at Tell Basta, Prague: Charles University, pp. 63–64 and figs. 110–112 (pottery reg. nos. 1828, 1829, 1830).