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Mastaba AS 104 is located above the Wadi Abusiri, to the south-east of the tomb of Kaaper (AS 1). It was preserved almost to the height of the former roofing, hence almost completely. The whole structure was built on a platform with a trapezoid section and, looking from the south, it must have appeared as a two-stepped structure. The core of the upper step was built of rather small undressed blocks of local limestone and contained a rectangular room (Serdab 2) and three deep shafts. It was covered with a layer of large and heavy mud bricks. The superstructure contained the main focal point of the funerary cult (cruciform chapel and Serdab 1). Contrary to other similar structures of roughly the same date, niching decorated only the eastern wall. The tomb was built for a custodian of the king’s property, Nyankhseshat, whose other titles reflect his position in the organization of work, the overseeing of gold procurement and a religious connection to metallurgy. This tomb represents, at least in the Abusir area, currently the last known tomb of transitional type. Apparently, in the Fourth or Fifth Dynasty, the main chapel fell into disuse and the mastaba was used by new owners (scribe of the treasury and royal wab-priest Sekhemka and his spouse, king’s acquaintance Henutsen), which is demonstrated by a limestone stela inserted into the eastern outer wall. Altogether five limestone basins were uncovered, four of them in situ. A number of interesting finds were collected in the shafts (wooden coffin fragments, copper and travertine models, a clay sealing, human bones, animal bones). This article presents an architectural and archaeological description of tomb AS 104 and offers some preliminary analyses of the finds, supplemented also by concise information on human and animal bones found. Last but not least, it describes documentation and methods used in the field.
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During the spring season of 2018, the mastaba of Nyankhseshat (AS 104; 29.60 × 13.20 m), belonging to the transitional type of tombs, was excavated at Abusir South. The tomb is located to the southeast of Ity’s tomb (AS 10) on the edge of Wadi Abusiri. The whole structure, with the core of irregular limestone blocks and mud brick casing, was built on a platform with a trapezoidal section. The superstructure consisted of a cruciform chapel, Serdabs 1 and 2, three shafts and a corridor chapel. The name of the tomb owner and his most important title – property custodian of the king – were preserved on an offering basin and a wooden panel in the western wall of the chapel (with a shortened form as Ishet). The mastaba was built in the early Fourth Dynasty. However, it was reused in the first half of the Fifth Dynasty (the reign of Neferirkare) when a stela of scribe of Treasury Sekhemka and his consort, Henutsen, were added, along with four limestone offering basins found in situ in the corridor. Although all the shafts were looted, they brought to light remains of burials. Apart from human bones, the remnants of the burial equipment were uncovered, including fragments of wooden coffins, travertine and copper model vessels, ceramic sherds and a mud sealing with the name of King Neferirkare. Animal bones and natural animal mummies were collected as well. Three structures, excavated only partially, were located in the vicinity of AS 104: AS 105 (to the east), AS 107 (to the north) and AS 108 (to the south).
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Na samé jižní výspě abúsírské nekropole, na okraji Wádí Abúsírí, byla v průběhu jarní expedice 2018 prozkoumána poměrně rozsáhlá hrobka, označená jako AS 104 (29,60 × 13,20 m). Byla tvořena kamenným jádrem a vnějším pláštěm cihlového zdiva. Svojí architekturou spadá do kategorie tzv. hrobek přechodného typu, kombinujících prvky starší zádušní architektury z Raně dynastické doby a mladší z počátku Staré říše. Je tudíž možné ji datovat do začátku 4. dynastie, velmi pravděpodobně do doby vlády panovníka Snofrua. Jejím vlastníkem byl vysoce postavený úředník, správce královského majetku Nianchsešat. Avšak jak ukázal výzkum, mastaba byla později využívána znovu, a to před polovinou 5. dynastie. Tehdy byla minimálně jedna šachta opět použita a do východní stěny hrobky byla vsazena zdobená vápencová stéla nových majitelů – písaře pokladnice Sechemky a jeho choti Henutsen. Přestože všechny šachty byly vykradené, každá nesla stopy po pohřbu. Kromě lidských kostí byly odkryty i pozůstatky pohřební výbavy, jako např. fragmenty dřevěných rakví, travertinové a měděné modely nádob, keramické zlomky nebo otisk pečeti se jménem panovníka Neferirkarea. V průběhu výzkumu byly sesbírány nejen lidské, ale i zvířecí kosti a přírodní mumie zvířat. V nejbližším okolí mastaby se nacházely další stavby, ty byly v rámci expedice zachyceny pouze částečně: AS 105 (východně), AS 107 (severně) a AS 108 (jižně). Výzkum přinesl řadu důležitých nálezů a zjištění o málo známé době v Abúsíru, o době těsně před tím, než tuto lokalitu opustili vysocí úředníci, již se poté nechávali pohřbívat v Gíze. Jarní práce v Abúsíru rovněž poskytly informace o počátcích nové éry před polovinou 5. dynastie, kdy se zde opět začaly budovat hrobky a byly využity i již existující stavby
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