Container owner
name | unknown |
title | |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | Burial 63 |
material | wood |
present location | |
state of preservation | almost complete |
period | OK |
dynasty | 6 (Pepy II) |
type | rectangular (long) |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular |
lid | flat |
length | 175 cm |
width | 50 cm |
height | 28 cm (preserved part) |
inscription | no |
decoration | no |
inner decoration | no |
description | rectangular coffin, exterior whitewashed |
notes | no evidence of decoration phase Fd |
Container findspot
locality | Saqqara |
site | North Saqqara |
location | W of the Step Pyramid, between enclosure wall and Dry Moat |
tomb type | ? |
code of tomb | anonymous tomb XII |
material of tomb | ? |
dating | OK (6) |
tomb owner | unknown |
social position | |
title | |
shaft | 36 |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | grid square: 2103/2104 coffin in SW part of the burial chamber body in the S part of the coffin (it moved inside during the funeral) bead (S/00/6.P3) |
Bibliography
Myśliwiec, Karol (ed.)
2013 Saqqara V. Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 1, Varsovie: Neriton, pp. 87, 90, fig. 36, pls. LXIII.
2013 Saqqara V. Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 2, Varsovie: Neriton, p. 427.