456_Bub_S
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.