Qau Tomb 462
an undisturbed tomb of the late Sixth Dynasty or early First Intermediate Period (about 2150 - 2100 BC)
(for the selection of objects in the tomb compare: burial customs)
section of the shaft tomb
measurements: shaft: 0.762 x 1.905 x 3.606 (depth) m
chamber: 0.889 x 1.905 x 0.762 m
the sex of the tomb owner is not known
UC 17734, a copper mirror
UC 17735
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UC 17736
the pottery types found:
Seidlmayer 1990: 133, 395 (on the dating of the tomb by the pottery; the author dates it to the end of the Sixth Dynasty)
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