523_Abu_W
Container owner
| name | Raneferef |
| title | king |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | wood |
| present location | ? |
| state of preservation | fragments |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 5 |
| type | |
| updated typology | |
| shape | ? |
| lid | ? |
| length | ? |
| width | ? |
| height | ? |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | ? |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | small fragments of wood and gold foil |
| notes | According to Miroslav Verner (personal communication), they are fragments of a chest. |
Container findspot
| locality | Abusir |
| site | Abusir Centre |
| location | SW of pyramid of Neferirkare |
| tomb type | pyramid |
| code of tomb | AC 3 |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | OK |
| tomb owner | Raneferef |
| social position | king |
| title | king |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context | floor level of burial chamber; fragments of a red granite sarcophagus, fragments of four canopic jars, fragment of a basalt offering basin, travertine cases for models of offerings, animal bones, fragments of a wooden stick and parts of a mummy found in the burial chamber |
Bibliography
Verner, Miroslav et al.
2006 The Pyramid Complex of Raneferef. The Archaeology, Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University ‒ Academia [Abusir IX], p. 26.