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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).