571_Saq_W

Container owner

nameunknown
title
sexmale

Container properties

numberBurial 551
materialwood
present location
state of preservationfragmentary
periodOK
dynasty6 (Pepy II)
typerectangular (long?)
updated typology
shaperectangular
lidflat
length?
width?
height?
inscription?
decoration?
inner decoration?
descriptionfragments of coffin ?
notesphase Fd
footholds in N and E walls (every 50 cm)

Container findspot

localitySaqqara
siteNorth Saqqara
locationW of the Step Pyramid, between enclosure wall and Dry Moat
tomb type
code of tombanonymous tomb XIV
material of tomb
datingOK (6)
tomb ownerunknown
social position
title
shaft64
burial apartmentburial chamber
body insideyes
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextgrid square: 2103
wooden fragments found in N part of the burial chamber
fragments of plaster mask found in the fill of the shaft and of the burial chamber (plaster shell)
fragments of bandages
stela of Nypepy (S/08/16), fragments of faience tiles (S/08/24, 27a,b), fragments of a wooden object (S/08/18), fragments of plaster with traces of painted decoration (S/08/43)

Bibliography
Myśliwiec, Karol (ed.)
2013 Saqqara V. Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 1, Varsovie: Neriton, p. 95, fig. 40, pls. LXIX–LXXI.
2013 Saqqara V. Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 2, Varsovie: Neriton, p. 427.