696_Aby_O
Container owner
| name | unknown |
| title | unknown |
| sex |
Container properties
| number | |
| material | organic (reed) |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 3-4 |
| type | rounded |
| updated typology | |
| shape | circular |
| lid | |
| length | |
| width | |
| height | |
| inscription | no |
| decoration | no |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | |
| notes |
Container findspot
| locality | Abydos |
| site | Cemetery D |
| location | |
| tomb type | mastaba |
| code of tomb | D 149 |
| material of tomb | |
| dating | OK, 3-4 |
| tomb owner | unknown |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | |
| remarks on archaeological context | Circular pit about 70 in diameter, the upper part being badly destroyed and making measurements difficult. At about a meter from the surface there was a layer of single bricks and mud, circular in shape but not covering the entire area of the pit. Beneath this on the east side were a fine red polished pottery dish (PI. IV. 34), and a rough vase (of type PI. IV. 37). Lower still lay the body of a young individual, face downwards, contracted and on the left side, head north. The body was covered with what appeared to be the remains of a reed basket of circular shape. |
Bibliography
Peet, T. Eric – Loat, William Leonard Stevenson
1913 The cemeteries of Abydos. Part III. 1912‒1913, London: Trübner, pp. 13-14.