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Tarkhan tomb 1549

Date: Dynasty 0 or early First Dynasty (about 3000 BC)

Date by Petrie: Sequence Date 78

Finds: pottery, stone vessels, a jar with a king's name

From the roofing of the tomb some timbers are visible

Petrie 1914: XL (tomb register)

Measurements of the tomb: 78 x 134 x 76 (depth) cm

Measurements of the coffin: 93 x 58 cm (depth/height is not recorded, the coffin was too much destroyed)

 

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