605_DeB_C

Container owner

nameAshayet
titlequeen
sexfemale

Container properties

numberJE 47355 (= T3C)
materialcartonnage
present locationEgyptian Museum in Cairo
state of preservation?
periodFIP/MK
dynasty11 (Mentuhotep II)
type
updated typology
shapeanthropoid
lid
length
width
height
inscription?
decoration?
inner decoration?
descriptionrectangular wooden coffin with Coffin Texts
notesdetails?
According to Ikram (2015: 114), this cartonnage piece stands at the beginning of anthropoid coffins (The coffin of Queen Aashayet (Dynasty XI) is the earliest such example of this trend.”)

Container findspot

localityDeir el-Bahri
site
location
tomb type
code of tombDBXI.17
material of tomb
datingFIP/MK (11)
tomb owner
social positionqueen
titlewife of Mentuhotep II
queen
Hm.t nswt mr.t=f: king’s beloved wife
Xkr.t nswt: king’s sole ornament
Hm.t-nTr Hwt-Hr: priestess of Hathor Hm.t-nTr Hwt-Hr wr.t m [kA.w]=s xntj.t m swt=s: priestess of Hathor, great of kas, foremost in her places
Hm.t-nTr Hwt-Hr nb.t jwn.t wr.t kA.w=s xntj.t m swt=s: priestess of Hathor, great of kas, foremost in her places, Lady of Dendera
shaft
burial apartment
body insideyes
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contexther tomb and chapel in the temple of Mentuhotep II
sarcophagus (JE 47267)
wooden statue
pottery
animal bones
wooden coffin [ID 590_DeB_W]

Bibliography
Winlock, H. E.
1942 Excavations at Deir el Bahri 1911-1931, New York: The Macmillan Company, p. 44.