589_Tar_W

Container owner

name
title
sex?

Container properties

numberJE 43794
materialwood
present locationEgyptian Museum in Cairo
state of preservationgood
periodEDP–OK
dynastyearly 3
typepalace facade
updated typologyrectangular (short)
shaperectangular
lidvaulted
length109 cm
width62 cm
height
inscription?
decorationyes
inner decoration?
descriptionshort rectangular coffin, front with palace facade (three “doorways” with rounded beams over them), lid vaulted with two bars, locking system of lid: type B
notesparallels from Gebelein
According to Petrie, parallel: Hesire at Saqqara

Container findspot

localityTarkhan
siteKafr Ammar
location
tomb typepit
code of tomb532
material of tomb
datingEDP–OK, early 3
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body insideyes
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextcontracted burial in a wooden coffin

Bibliography
Petrie, W. M. Flinders – Wainwright, G. A. – Gardiner, A. H.
1913 Tarkhan I and Memphis V, London – Aylesbury: Hazell – Watson and Viney, Ld. [British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [23] (19th year)], p. 27, pl. xxviii.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders – Mackay, Ernest
1915 Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar and Shurafa, London: School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch [British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [24] (18th year)], pp. 29–30.
Donadoni Roveri, Anna Maria
1969 I sarcofagi egizi dalle origine alla fine dell’Antico Regno, Roma: Istituto di Studi del Vicino Oriente – Università [Serie archeologica 16], p. 151 (= C 1).