Container owner
name | |
title | |
sex |
Container properties
number | Suppl. 13954 |
material | wood (acacia) |
present location | Museo Egizio Torino |
state of preservation | complete |
period | OK |
dynasty | 5 |
type | qeresu |
updated typology | |
shape | rectangular (box) |
lid | vaulted |
length | 196 cm |
width | 47 cm |
height | 44 cm |
inscription | no |
decoration | no |
inner decoration | no |
description | rectangular wooden coffin, walls plastered and painted light yellow |
notes |
Container findspot
locality | Gebelein |
site | North Cemetery |
location | |
tomb type | |
code of tomb | tomb of the unknown, Grande tombe |
material of tomb | |
dating | OK, 5 |
tomb owner | |
social position | |
title | |
shaft | 1 |
burial apartment | |
body inside | |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context |
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D’Amicone, Elvira, Arte minore nel Museo Egizio, 1985, p. 27-40 tav. 10
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Eschenbrenner Diemer, Gersande
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