Container owner
name | |
title | |
sex |
Container properties
number | |
material | wood |
present location | |
state of preservation | partly |
period | EDP–OK |
dynasty | 2–3 |
type | palace facade |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular (box) |
lid | vaulted |
length | |
width | |
height | |
inscription | no |
decoration | yes |
inner decoration | no |
description | wooden coffin with the palace facade motif and vaulted lid |
notes |
Container findspot
locality | Saqqara |
site | |
location | |
tomb type | |
code of tomb | 2172 E |
material of tomb | |
dating | EDP–OK, 2–3 |
tomb owner | |
social position | |
title | |
shaft | E |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | yes |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context | burial chamber blocked by a mud brick wall orientation of the coffin: E-W, decorated wall to the N |
Bibliography
Quibell, J. E.
1923 Excavations at Saqqara, 1912-1914. Archaic Mastabas, Le Caire: Imprimerie de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale, p. 24, pl. XXIX, 2.
Donadoni Roveri, Anna Maria
1969 I sarcofagi egizi dalle origine alla fine dell’Antico Regno, Roma: Istituto di Studi del Vicino Oriente – Università, p. 152 (=C 4).