527_Saq_W
Container owner
| name | |
| title | |
| sex | female |
Container properties
| number | 348 |
| material | wood |
| present location | ? |
| state of preservation | almost complete |
| period | end of OK / FIP |
| dynasty | |
| type | rectangular (long) |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular |
| lid | flat ? |
| length | 172 cm |
| width | 50 cm |
| height | 40 cm |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | ? |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | rectangular wooden coffin, boards covered with gesso on the inside |
| notes | The 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
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | North Saqqara |
| location | W of the Step Pyramid, between enclosure wall and Dry Moat |
| tomb type | |
| code of tomb | |
| material of tomb | mud-brick and limestone chunks |
| dating | end of OK / FIP |
| tomb owner | |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | shallow shaft |
| burial apartment | |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | Sector 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.