581_Saq_W
Container owner
| name | unknown |
| title | |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | Burial 175 |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | fragmentary |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6 (Pepy II) |
| type | rectangular (long) |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular |
| lid | flat |
| length | ca. 170 cm |
| width | ca. 60 cm |
| height | ? |
| inscription | yes |
| decoration | yes |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | fragments of rectangular coffin, exterior whitewashed, traces of decoration in black ink (udjat eyes, offering formula?) |
| notes | phase Fe footholds on N wall (every 30–40 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 | unattributed structure |
| material of tomb | |
| dating | OK (6) |
| tomb owner | unknown |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | 48 |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context | grid square: 2103 burial by W wall remains of bandages, bead (S/00/6.P6), faience tiles (S/004.P4) |
Bibliography
Myśliwiec, Karol (ed.)
2013 Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 1, Varsovie: Neriton [Saqqara V], p. 201, fig. 104, pl. CXLIV.
2013 Old Kingdom structures between the Step Pyramid complex and the Dry Moat. Part 2, Varsovie: Neriton [Saqqara V], p. 429.