720_Nag_W
Container owner
| name | |
| title | |
| sex | female |
Container properties
| number | 616 |
| material | wood |
| present location | |
| state of preservation | remains |
| period | EDP–OK |
| dynasty | 2–3 |
| type | rectangular |
| updated typology | |
| shape | rectangular (box) |
| lid | flat? |
| length | 129 cm |
| width | 60 cm |
| height | over 25 cm |
| inscription | ? |
| decoration | ? |
| inner decoration | ? |
| description | remains of wooden coffin (thickness of planks: 3.5 cm; joints: probably bevelled) |
| notes |
Container findspot
| locality | Naga ed-Deir |
| site | cemetery 600 |
| location | |
| tomb type | pit (type iv a) |
| code of tomb | 616 |
| material of tomb | mud bricks, limestone slabs |
| dating | EDP–OK, 2–3 |
| tomb owner | |
| social position | |
| title | |
| shaft | |
| burial apartment | |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | intact burial, medium coarse linen cloth and one travertine jar inside the coffin with inscription (HAty-a, sDAwty bity – count and seal-bearer of the king of Lower Egypt) |
Bibliography
Reisner, George Andrew
1932 A provincial cemetery of the pyramid age: Naga-ed-der. Part III, Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 234, fig. 168.