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594_Saq_W

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 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.