604_Saq_W
Container owner
| name | Gemniemhat |
| title | |
| sex | male |
Container properties
| number | AEIN 1615 (Sq2X/Sq1Cop) |
| material | wood (cedar) |
| present location | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen |
| state of preservation | inner coffin preserved |
| period | MK |
| dynasty | 12 (Amenemhat I) |
| type | |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular |
| lid | flat |
| length | 200 cm |
| width | |
| height | 66 cm |
| inscription | yes |
| decoration | yes |
| inner decoration | yes |
| description | set of two wooden coffins; inner one preserved, outer one decayed (exterior and interior decorated, painted yellow) exterior: hieroglyphs incised and filled with blue-green colour interior: painted decoration |
| notes |
Container findspot
| locality | Saqqara |
| site | North Saqqara |
| location | Teti pyramid cemetery |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | |
| material of tomb | mud bricks |
| dating | MK (12, Amenemhat I) |
| tomb owner | |
| social position | |
| title | royal sealer, steward, overseer of the granaries, priest at the pyramid complex of King Merikare |
| shaft | yes |
| burial apartment | |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | outside coffin: wooden models, two statue of Gemniemhat, canopic chest, pottery, beef leg inside coffin: mummy mask, jewels, staves, bows, trowing stick, headrest, sandals |
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. 52, 230‒232, pls. 24‒26.
Lapp, Günter:
1993 Typologie der Särge und Sargkammern von der 6. bis 13. Dynastie, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Orientverlag [Studien zur Archäologie und Geschichte Altägyptens 7], p. 44, Taf. 6‒7 [Saq 100].
Jørgensen, Mogens
1996 Catalogue. Egypt I (3000 – 1550 B.C.) Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, pp. 140‒149.