637_Sed_W

Container owner

nameNekhetkawi
title
sexmale

Container properties

numberAEIN 1585
materialwood
present locationNy Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen
state of preservationcomplete case (lid damaged)
periodFIP
dynasty
typeType I
updated typology
shaperectangular
lidflat?
length200 cm
width
height
inscriptionyes
decorationyes
inner decorationyes
descriptionouter coffin covered with stucco and painted yellow, offering formulae (blue hieroglyphs), udjat eyes (blue, black, white)
inside painted white/beige
notesbelongs to inner coffin (638_Sed_W)

Container findspot

localitySedment
site
location
tomb type
code of tomb2127
material of tomb
datingFIP
tomb owner
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body insideyes
archaeological contextsecondary
remarks on archaeological contextdouble coffin in a burial chamber
disturbed by robbers
on top of the inner coffin: 2 bows, 3 arrows, 2 sticks
between the coffins: wooden box with model tools
inside the inner coffin: yellow hearest, faience beads, a pair of sandals + 2 arrows and 2 sticks (perhaps fallen from the lid)
models and a statue in the E part of the burial chamber

Bibliography
Petrie, William M. Flinders ‒ Brunton, Guy
1924 Sedment I, London: , pp. 12‒13, pls. 24‒25.