689_BeH_W
Container owner
| name | Thena |
| title | Hm.t-nTr Hw.t-Hr.w: priestess of Hathor |
| sex | female |
Container properties
| number | 481c |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | decayed |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6 |
| type | |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular (box) |
| lid | flat |
| length | ? |
| width | ? |
| height | ? |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | ? |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | remains of a wooden coffin |
| notes | S shaft of the main tomb owner, Apa, was found empty. Tomb reused in MK. |
Container findspot
| locality | Beni Hassan |
| site | |
| location | |
| tomb type | rock-cut |
| code of tomb | 481 |
| material of tomb | |
| dating | OK, 6 |
| tomb owner | Apa |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | N |
| burial apartment | burial chamber |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | burial 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.