589_Tar_W
Container owner
| name | |
| title | |
| sex | ? |
Container properties
| number | JE 43794 |
| material | wood |
| present location | Egyptian Museum in Cairo |
| state of preservation | good |
| period | EDP–OK |
| dynasty | early 3 |
| type | palace facade |
| updated typology | rectangular (short) |
| shape | rectangular |
| lid | vaulted |
| length | 109 cm |
| width | 62 cm |
| height | |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | yes |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | short rectangular coffin, front with palace facade (three “doorways” with rounded beams over them), lid vaulted with two bars, locking system of lid: type B |
| notes | parallels from Gebelein According to Petrie, parallel: Hesire at Saqqara |
Container findspot
| locality | Tarkhan |
| site | Kafr Ammar |
| location | |
| tomb type | pit |
| code of tomb | 532 |
| material of tomb | |
| dating | EDP–OK, early 3 |
| tomb owner | |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | contracted 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).