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.