592_Nag_W

Container owner

nameDedinheretankh Mery
title
sexmale

Container properties

number23-11-666, 23-11-667, 23-11-668
materialwood
present locationMuseum of Fine Arts Boston
state of preservationbadly broken
periodOK–FIP
dynasty6‒8
type
updated typology
shape
lid
length
width
height
inscriptionyes
decorationyes
inner decorationyes
descriptionfragmentarily preserved wooden coffin, deeply incised hieroglyphs outside (suppression, decapitated viper), udjat eyes, inner decoration on white ground, sunk and painted, hieroglyphs in red, black and blue
notes

Container findspot

localityNaga ed-Deir
site
location
tomb type
code of tombSF 5203
material of tomb
datingOK–FIP
tomb owner
social position?
titlextmty bjty mAa
HqA Hwt
smr waty
shaft
burial apartmentburial chamber
body inside
archaeological contextsecondary
remarks on archaeological contextslate and gray stone vessel from the Opening of the Mouth ritual set, vessel fragment with titulary of Pepy II

Bibliography
Brovarski, Edward
2018 Naga ed-Dêr in the First Intermediate Period, Atlanta, GA: Lockwood Press, pp. 201‒204.
REISNER, Early Dynastic Cemeteries of Naga-ed-Der