Container owner
| name | Mereruka |
| title | vizier |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6 (Teti–Pepy I) |
| type | rectangular (long) with inlayed eyes ? |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular |
| lid | flat ? |
| length | ? |
| width | ? |
| height | ? |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | ? |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | It is not clear whether there was a wooden coffin, but a travertine eye was found that may have come from the coffin. The walls of the coffin may have been gilded. |
| notes |
Container findspot
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | North Saqqara |
| location | Teti pyramid cemetery |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | |
| material of tomb | limestone |
| dating | OK, 6 (Teti–Pepy I) |
| tomb owner | Mereruka |
| social position | vizier |
| title | tAjtj TAtj (n) zAb – he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier (Jones 2000: 1000, no. 3706) tAjtj zAb TAtj, jmj-r kAt nbt nt nswt, jmj-r zS a nswt, jmj-r prwj-HD, jmj- Hwt wrt 6, jmA-a, jmj-jz, jmj-jz Nxn, jmj-r jpt nswt, jmj-r jzwj Xkr nswt, jmj-r aH-nTr Smaw, jmj-r wabtj, jmj-r pr aHAw, jmj-r pr pXrt, jmj-r prwj nb, jmj-r Xkr nswt nb, jmj-r swt Spswt pr-aA, jmj-r sHtjHtp, jmj-r sqbbwj pr-aA, jmj-r stp-zA pr-nswt nb, jmj-r gswj jmw n zwnw pr-aA, jmj-r djdjt pt qmAt tA, jrj pat, aA dwAw, anmtj, aHqAt, aD-mr dwA-Hrxntj-pt, aD-mr dp, wa wr Hp, wr jdt, wr mA, wr mA m prwj, wr Xrj-Hb Hrj-tp, wr 5 pr-DHwtj, wtj Jnpw, wD-mdw n srw, mnjw Nxn, mdw Hp, mdw HzAt, r p nb, HAtj-a, Hm bAw p, Hm bAw Nxn, Hm-nTr Hr jmj Snt, Hrj wpwt StAt pr-aA, Hrj wrw, Hrj nsw n wDAt, Hrj sStA, Hrj sStA n wDa-mdw n Hwt wrt 6, Hrj sStA n wDt mdw nbt nt nswt, Hrj sStA n pr-dwAt, Hrj sStA n mAAt wa, Hrj sStA n mdw-nTr, Hrj sStA n StAt pt, Hrj sStA nswt m swt -f nbt, Hrj-tp Nxb, HqA bAt, Hts Jnpw, xw-a, xntj-S Dd-swt-ttj, xrp jAt nbt nTrt, xrp jAts km, xrp jbT Hr, xrp m nTrw, xrp nstj, xrp Hwwt mw, xrp Hwwt nt, xrp smsw Hr, xrp SnDjt nbt, Xrj-Hbt, Xr(j)-Hbt Hr(j)-tp, zS mDAt nTr, sm, smA Jnpw, smA mnjw, smA Hr, smr watj, smsw nswt, sHD Hm-nTr Dd-swt-ttj, sDAwtj bjtj, rx nswt, sDt nswt |
| shaft | yes |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context | disturbed by robbers, decorated burial chamber, limestone sarcophagus, travertine headrest travertine canopic jars, travertine vessels, large granite jar, 3 travertine offering tables, pottery (red ware), copper model tools |
Bibliography
Firth, Cecil M. ‒ Gunn, Battiscombe
1926 Teti pyramid cemeteries, 2 vols, Le Caire: Imprimerie de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale [Excavations at Saqqara], pp. 24‒26.