Limestone sarcophagus of Weta
Limestone sarcophagus with name of a priest of the pyramid of Menkaure, Weta; lid broken
Details
- ID
- GEM_15017
- Alternate IDs
- GEM_15017; 15017; EMC_CG_1787; CG_1787; EMC_SR_2/14802; SR_2/14802; EMC_JE_30189; JE_30189
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Coffins and sarcophagi
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Limestone sarcophagus of Weta
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- JE: 217 cm; GEM: 84 x 76.7 x 196 cm
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- Giza, mastaba near Third [Menkaure] Pyramid, "Southern Necropolis"; listed in CG as from Saqqara.
- Bibliography
- Porter-Moss, p. 311; BORCHARDT Denkmäler, II, Bl. 110, pp. 205-6 with plan; DONADONI ROVERI, Sarcofagi egizi, Tav. xxxvi [I], pp. 132-3 [B 60]; SCHMIDT Sarkofager, fig. 209; text, DARESSY in Rec. Trav. xiv (1893), p. 165 [liv]; SETHE, Urk. i (1933), 22 [15]; titles, JUNKER, Weta und das Lederkunsthandwerk [etc.] in Sitzungsb. Wien, 231 [I] (1957), pp. 5-33, cf. Taf. i [a, 1-2; b, right]; DE RICCI MSS. D. 62, 33; see HASSAN, The Great Sphinx, p. 308 [Ent. 30189]; MASPERO, Guide, p. 30 [59].
- Notes
- Found 1892.
- Remarks
- ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_CG_1787; EMC_SR_2/_14802; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Weta