598_Saq_W
Container owner
| name | Khaemsenu |
| title | |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | No. 242 |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6 |
| type | palace facade |
| updated typology | rectangular (long, palace facade) |
| shape | rectangular |
| lid | ? |
| length | ca 1.8 m |
| width | ca. 60 cm |
| height | ? |
| inscription | |
| decoration | |
| inner decoration | |
| description | rectangular wooden coffin with imitation panelled sides |
| notes | five T-chapels wooden statues originally in the serdab |
Container findspot
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | North Saqqara |
| location | Teti pyramid cemetery (SW of Mera) |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | |
| material of tomb | MB retaining wall, sand and pebbles in the core |
| dating | OK (6) |
| tomb owner | Khaemsenu, Werdjededptah, Sehetpu |
| social position | |
| title | Khaemsenu: priest of pyramids at Abusir |
| shaft | yes |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | blocking wall from LMS slab and large mud bricks Body in a rectangular wooden coffin Finds: pottery |
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.