455_Bub_W

written by AEBC | 19. 10. 2023

Container owner

name	unknown
title
sex	?

Container properties

number	Burial No. 161
material	wood
present location
state of preservation	fragments
period	OK
dynasty	6 ?
type	rectangular with inlayed eyes
updated typology
shape	rectangular ?
lid
length	?
width	?
height	?
inscription	no
decoration	no
inner decoration	no
description	remains of a wooden coffin with stucco and inlayed eyes
notes	dimensions of the tomb: 290 × 110 × 130 cm no photo of the context

Container findspot

locality	Bubastis (Tell el-Basta)
site
location	by Christian cemetery
tomb type	oblong, vaulted roof
code of tomb	Burial No. 161
material of tomb
dating	OK
tomb owner	Mermeryre
social position
title	Bibliography el-Sawi, Ahmad 1979 Excavations at Tell Basta, Prague: Charles University, pp. 72–73 and figs. 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151. De Meyer, Marleen 2011 “Inlaid eyes on Old Kingdom coffins: a history of misidentification”, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 97, pp. 201–203 (p. 201).