669_Nag_W
Container owner
| name | |
| title | |
| sex | ? |
Container properties
| number | 1531α |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | |
| period | EDP |
| dynasty | 1? |
| type | |
| updated typology | rectangular (short) |
| shape | rectangular (box) |
| lid | ? |
| length | 115 cm |
| width | 65 cm |
| height | 55 cm |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | ? |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | remains of a wooden coffin (boards 2 cm thick); the walls of the case overlap the lid, but not bevelled |
| notes | 1531β: wood-roofed grave |
Container findspot
| locality | Naga ed-Deir |
| site | cemetery 1500 |
| location | between a wall and 1531β |
| tomb type | |
| code of tomb | unclassified tombs |
| material of tomb | |
| dating | EDP |
| tomb owner | |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | secondary |
| remarks on archaeological context | Plundered burial in a wooden coffin in a rectangular pit of mud bricks; imprints of reed matting and some remains on the top of the wall (the box and walls apparently covered by a mat); one course of bricks on top of the wall in N part. |
Bibliography
Reisner, George Andrew
1908 Early Dynastic Cemeteries of Naga-ed-Dêr. Part I, Leipzig: University of California Publications, Egyptian Archaeology II, p. 16.