688_BeH_W

Container owner

nameTeta
title
sexfemale

Container properties

number481b
materialwood
present location
state of preservationdecayed
periodOK
dynasty6
type
updated typology
shaperectangular (box)
lidflat
length?
width?
height?
inscription?
decoration?
inner decoration?
descriptionremains of a wooden coffin
notesS shaft of the main tomb owner, Apa, was found empty. Tomb reused in MK.

Container findspot

localityBeni Hassan
site
location
tomb typerock-cut
code of tomb481
material of tomb
datingOK, 6
tomb ownerApa
social position
title
shaftN
burial apartmentburial chamber
body insideyes
archaeological contextprimary
remarks on archaeological contextburial chamber with three coffins in which three ladies (mother [Seneb] and two daughters [Teta and Thena]) were buried

Bibliography
Garstang, John
1907 The burial customs of ancient Egypt as illustrated by tombs of the Middle Kingdom; being a report of excavations made in the necropolis of Beni Hassan during 1902-3-4, London: Archibald Constable & Co LTD, pp. 37–40.