458_Saq_W
Container owner
| name | Iput |
| title | queen |
| sex | female |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | fragments |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6 (Teti) |
| type | rectangular (long?) |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular ? |
| lid | flat ? |
| length | ? |
| width | ? |
| height | ? |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | ? |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | remains of a wooden coffin in a limestone sarcophagus |
| notes | no photo of the context
Queen Iput = daughter of Unas, wife of Teti and mother of Pepi I Meryre |
Container findspot
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | North Saqqara |
| location | Teti pyramid cemetery |
| tomb type | pyramid |
| code of tomb | |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | OK, 6 (Teti) |
| tomb owner | Iput |
| social position | queen |
| title | Hm.t nswt mr.t=f: wife of the king, his beloved mAa.t ¡r ¤tx: She who sees Horus and Seth wr.t hts: Great one of the hetes-sceptre |
| shaft | yes |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context | remains of a wooden coffin in a limestone sarcophagus
The burial was disturbed by robbers. Several human bones (=queen) and other finds were collected in the burial chamber: necklace, gold bracelet, travertine model vessels, copper model tools and vessels (some of them inscribed), tablet of seven sacred oils, fine pottery, 5 canopic jars, 4 cups of rock crystal, grey limestone and black marble (?) |
Bibliography
Firth, Cecil M. ‒ Gunn, Battiscombe
1926 Teti pyramid cemeteries, 2 vols, Le Caire: Imprimerie de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale [Excavations at Saqqara], pp. 12‒13.