2 Decorated Coffin of King’s Ornament Setib Buried at Abusir
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Abstract
A decorated wooden coffin inscribed for a woman called Setib was discovered during the excavation of mastaba AS 79 conducted by the Czech archaeological mission in the 2015 autumn season at Abusir South. The coffin made of cedrus libani has a standard late sixth dynasty shape and decoration style. The rectangular box with a flat lid bears a horizontal band of text around the exterior perimeter and a pair of wḏꜣt-eyes on the east wall. The wḏꜣt-eyes are aligned with the palace façade decoration at the head-end of the interior east wall, while the rest of the side is covered with an offering list. The names of the seven sacred oils are situated on the interior north wall above which a ḥtp di҆ nśwt formula is partly preserved. The body of a middle-aged (35–50 years) female was originally placed in the coffin in an outstretched position. Numerous items of the burial equipment were found in her burial chamber, including a travertine headrest, two travertine vessels, jewels and several ‘cakes.’ Setib’s burial shaft was part of a tomb that was probably owned by Setib’s father, i҆my-rꜣ pr, ‘overseer of the house,’ Khemetnu. The burial of Setib is dated to the sixth dynasty, and her coffin represents a typical product of that period. This article discusses the burial context, the technological details as well as the decoration of the coffin, thus putting it into the context of burial containers of that period.