718_Den_S

written by AEBC | 19. 10. 2023

Container owner

name Meni (Menankhpepi)
title HAty-a, sDAwty bity
sex male

Container properties

number
material stone
present location Chicago (2 door slabs from BCH); MFA Boston – stela – https://collections.mfa.org/objects/44
state of preservation slabs with decoration demaged
period OK
dynasty 6
type rectangular
updated typology
shape
lid
length
width
height
inscription
decoration
inner decoration
description a sarcophagus chamber lined with stone slabs – the excavator called it a built sarcophagus;
the painted decoration of sarcophagus chamber consisted of the false door, a list of offerings and wedjat eyes; it also includes a passage from the Pyramid texts dealing with ritual anointing (Utterances 72-78) (Fischer 1968: 88).
notes Meni was a possible owner of the tomb(s) S2530/2531 in the Western Cemetery

Container findspot

locality Dendera
site
location
tomb type mastaba
code of tomb
material of tomb brick
dating OK, late 6
tomb owner Meni
social position royal family
title

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders – Griffith, Francis Llewellyn et al.
1900 Dendereh 1898, London: Trübner, pl. III, IV.
Fischer, Henry George
1968 Dendera in the Third Millennium B.C. Down to the Theban Domination of Upper Egypt, New York: J. J. Augustin.