M 338
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Cairo, Egyptian Museum, SS 27/B 4 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sarcophagus |
| Material | Wood |
| Measures | h. 200, w. 60, th. 39 |
| Notes on support and decorations | "Eleven slots are hewn around the edge (six at the right and five at the left), apparently to hold the lid which had been lost before purchase. The exterior is rectangular while the interior is roughly shaped to a human body outline. It is void of any decorations and the workmanship is rough" (Sayed 1984: 93). The inscription lies on the exterior face of the sarcophagus on the left of the mummy. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Egypt |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | The provenance is unknown; the Fayyum or Saqqara's Serapeum have been proposed. |
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EPIGRAPHS
| Title | M 338 |
| Concordance | RES 3427 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Sayed 1984 | Sayed, Abdel M. 1984. Reconsideration of the Minaean inscription of Zaidʾil bin Zayd. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 14: 93-99. |