697_Aby_O

Container owner

nameunknown
titleunknown
sex

Container properties

number
materialorganic (reed)
present location
state of preservation
periodOK
dynasty3-4
typerounded
updated typology
shapecircular
lid
length
width
height
inscriptionno
decorationno
inner decorationno
descriptionround basket of reeds
notes

Container findspot

localityAbydos
siteCemetery D
location
tomb typemastaba
code of tombD 141
material of tomb
datingOK, 3-4
tomb ownerunknown
social position
title
shaft
burial apartment
body insideyes
archaeological context
remarks on archaeological contextCircular pit, 50 cm. in diameter and 60 deep. Body of a child, contracted, on right side, head north-east. At neck a pierced shell, a blue glaze monkey 23 mm. high, and three blue glaze beads, almost certainly degraded forms of the monkey figure (PI. VIII., fig. l). Over the body were signs of a round basket of reeds

Bibliography
Peet, T. Eric – Loat, William Leonard Stevenson
1913 The cemeteries of Abydos. Part III. 1912‒1913, London: Trübner, p. 14.