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455_Bub_W

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).