Container owner
| name | |
| title | |
| sex |
Container properties
| number | G 2416 D III |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | decayed |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 5 (end of Neferirkare to end of 5) |
| type | long with cavetto cornice |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular |
| lid | cavetto cornice |
| length | 163 cm |
| width | 52 cm |
| height | 35 cm (4 cm lid) |
| inscription | no |
| decoration | no |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | long, plain wooden rectangular coffin with a lid in the form of cavetto cornice (zH nTr) |
| notes |
Container findspot
| locality | Giza |
| site | Western Cemetery (cemetery en echelon) |
| location | |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | G 2416 |
| material of tomb | stone |
| dating | OK (5 [end of Neferirkare to end of 5]) |
| tomb owner | |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | D |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | secondary shaft in NW corner of the mastaba, burial chamber III: cut in rock, blocked with two stones and bound with mud; human burial wrapped in linen (face and forehead covered with a thin layer of plaster with painted eyes and probably three rosettes = headband) finds: pottery miniature vessels, travertine offering table, copper bowl inside the coffin wooden headrest, faience beads and painted plaster |
Bibliography
http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/sites/865/full/
http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/drawings/50752/full/