595_Saq_W
Container owner
| name | Waatetkherhor/Seshseshet |
| title | wife of Mereruka, royal family member |
| sex | female |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | fragmentary |
| 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 | remains of wooden coffin inside the limestone sarcophagus |
| 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 | Hm(t)-nTr Nt mHtt jnb Jrt-mr(w)t, Hm(t)-nTr Hwt-Hr nbt nht, Hm(t)-nTr m swt nbt, zAt nswt smswt nt Xt.f |
| shaft | yes |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context | undecorated burial chamber, limestone sarcophagus, disturbed burial, 4 limestone canopic jars, pottery (red ware) |
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], p. 23.