577_Saq_W
Container owner
| name | unknown |
| title | |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | Burial 542 |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | fragmentary |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6 (Pepy II) |
| type | rectangular (long?) |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular |
| lid | flat |
| length | ? |
| width | ? |
| height | ? |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | ? |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | fragments of coffin exterior whitewashed |
| notes | phase Fe (reused ?) footholds in S and E walls (every 40–55 cm) |
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 XXXVII |
| material of tomb | |
| dating | OK (6) |
| tomb owner | unknown |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | 112 |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context | grid square: 2003/2004/2103/2104 Remains of disintegrated wood found on the skeleton and underneath it. broken sarcophagus layer of mud in the burial chamber (flooded) fragments of bandages, no evidence of excerebration fragment of faience tile (S/07/14a) |
Bibliography
Myśliwiec, Karol (ed.)
2013 Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 1, Varsovie: Neriton [Saqqara V], p. 183, fig. 94, pl. CXXXIII.
2013 Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 2, Varsovie: Neriton [Saqqara V], p. 428.