597_Saq_W

Container owner

name
title
sexmale

Container properties

numberNo. 241
materialwood
present location
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty6
typepalace facade
updated typologyrectangular (long, palace facade)
shaperectangular
lid?
lengthca 2 m
widthca. 1 m
height?
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
descriptionrectangular wooden coffin with imitation panelled sides
notesfive T-chapels
wooden statues originally in the serdab

Container findspot

localitySaqqara
siteNorth Saqqara
locationTeti pyramid cemetery (SW of Mera)
tomb typemastaba
code of tomb
material of tombMB retaining wall, sand and pebbles in the core
datingOK (6)
tomb ownerKhaemsenu, Werdjededptah, Sehetpu
social position
titleKhaemsenu: priest of pyramids at Abusir
shaftyes
burial apartmentburial chamber
body insideyes
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextblocking wall from LMS slab and large mud bricks
Body in a rectangular wooden coffin
Finds: pottery
Firth – Gunn 1926: fig. 39
Firth – Gunn 1926: fig. 34

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. 34.