578_Saq_W
Container owner
| name | unknown |
| title | |
| sex | female |
Container properties
| number | Burial 552 |
| 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 | yes |
| decoration | yes |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | fragments of coffin, small fragments of decoration (udjat eyes, traces of an offering formula in black ink), exterior whitewashed |
| notes | phase Fe (reused ?) footholds in S and E walls (every 40–60 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 | 114 |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context | grid square: 1805 fragment of a stela of Netjerikhet (S/08/14), false door of Fafa (S/08/19), limestone bowl (S/08/26), fragment of a limestone object (S/08/36), carnelian bead (S/08/37), fragments of faience tiles (S/08/10, 12, 25, 28) |
Bibliography
Myśliwiec, Karol (ed.)
2013 Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 1, Varsovie: Neriton [Saqqara V], pp. 179, 183, fig. 93, pl. CXXXII.
2013 Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 2, Varsovie: Neriton [Saqqara V], p. 428.