527_Saq_W

Container owner

name
title
sexfemale

Container properties

number348
materialwood
present location?
state of preservationalmost complete
periodend of OK / FIP
dynasty
typerectangular (long)
updated typology
shaperectangular
lidflat ?
length172 cm
width50 cm
height40 cm
inscription?
decoration?
inner decoration?
descriptionrectangular wooden coffin, boards covered with gesso on the inside
notesThe body was in the S part of the coffin, which may have been caused  during the burial when the body shifted down.

no details regarding technology

Container findspot

localitySaqqara
siteNorth Saqqara
locationW of the Step Pyramid, between enclosure wall and Dry Moat 
tomb type
code of tomb
material of tombmud-brick and limestone chunks
datingend of OK / FIP
tomb owner
social position
title
shaftshallow shaft
burial apartment
body insideyes
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextSector I, grid square 1716 (central part), layer of dakka, burial in a wooden coffin inside a kind of enclosure, faience beads (reclining lion, Hr [D2], counterweight)

Bibliography
Myśliwiec, PAM XIV, 113–120.
Myśliwiec, Karol (ed.)
2008 The Upper Necropolis. Part I: The Catalogue, Varsovie: Neriton [Saqqara III], pp. 250–252.