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585_Tur_P

Container owner

name
title
sex

Container properties

number
material pottery
present location
state of preservation
period EDP–OK
dynasty 1–4
type
updated typology
shape rectangular with rounded corners
lid vaulted
length 110 cm
width 75 cm
height
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
description Adult size rectangular pottery coffin.
The lid was made up of two joined halves.
notes

Container findspot

locality Tura
site
location
tomb type pit
code of tomb No. 19g6
material of tomb
dating EDP–OK, 1–4
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body inside
archaeological context secondary
remarks on archaeological context The coffin was placed in a rectangular pit lined with mud bricks. The structure had a wooden roof.
Six vases, a small alabaster pot and an ovoid jar were discovered to the north of the coffin.

Bibliography
Junker, Hermann
1912 Bericht über die Grabungen der kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien auf dem Friedhof in Turah: Winter 1909-1910, Wien: Alfred Hölder, pp. 13, 18, 21, 23, 51, 65, figs. 39–40, pl. 23.