440_Qau_P

Container owner

name
title
sex female

Container properties

number
material clay
present location
state of preservation
period EDP–OK
dynasty 2–3
type
updated typology
shape
lid
length 84 cm
width 51 cm
height 64 cm
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
description
notes

Container findspot

locality Qau el-Kebir
site cemetery 500
location
tomb type pit
code of tomb No. 514
material of tomb
dating EDP–OK, 2–3
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body inside yes
archaeological context primary
remarks on archaeological context Wall of bricks stood against the north end of the coffin. The body inside the coffin was covered with mud. One pot was found to the south of the coffin.

Bibliography
Brunton, Guy – Gardiner, Alan Henderson – Petrie, William Matthew Flinders
1927 Qau and Badari. Volume I, London: Quaritch, p. 12, pl. 10.