Container owner
name | |
title | |
sex | ? |
Container properties
number | Burial No. 163 |
material | limestone |
present location | |
state of preservation | |
period | OK |
dynasty | |
type | |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular |
lid | broken |
length | 240 cm |
width | 95 cm |
height | 95 cm |
inscription | no |
decoration | no |
inner decoration | no |
description | sarcophagus made of limestone slabs |
notes | no photo of the sarcophagus |
Container findspot
locality | Bubastis (Tell el-Basta) |
site | |
location | by Christian cemetery |
tomb type | |
code of tomb | Burial No. 163 |
material of tomb | |
dating | OK |
tomb owner | |
social position | |
title | |
shaft | |
burial apartment | |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | limestone sarcophagus containing a skeleton. A copper mirror and a necklace were found as well. If there a wooden coffin, it is not mentioned, but probably not. |
Bibliography
el-Sawi, Ahmad
1979 Excavations at Tell Basta, Prague: Charles University, pp. 73–74 and fig. 153, 154.