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Once the surface layer of debris beyond the door had been removed, the bottoms of four jars were revealed. A subsequent study of the pottery revealed that some of the sherds lying against the rear wall had come from the four jar bottoms. They still contained the remains of some substances, one of which proved to be little stinging, and made the eyes water. Several lumps of what appeared to be a salty substance (natron ?) were recovered along the western wall of the chamber. 
Under the rim of some vases black painted hieratic inscriptions were discovered. One of them mentions the sefet-oil, one of the seven sacred oils attested in lists since the Old Kingdom.
Along the eastern wall of the chamber lay a coffin in bad state of conservation. Attempts were made to rescue the few fragments of the lid, consolidating them before their removal, but this proved to be almost impossible. The remains were then subjected to further cleaning that revealed traces of a column of blue painted hieroglyph. The poor preservation of the signs did not allow their reading.
The removal of the remains of the lid exposed the content of the coffin which proved to consist of wrappings and little bags filled with sand (Fig. 6).
Among the wrappings some sherds that perhaps slipped into the coffin when the chamber was filled with debris were also found. The removal of the content, made possible the analysis the bottom of the coffin. In keeping with the lid, it bore traces of blue painting. Its poor state of conservation meant it was not possible to otherwise ascertain the nature of the decoration, though what little remains suggests that a figure of the goddess Nut may have been stretched along its centre. A column of blue painted hieroglyphs runs along the left part of the bottom, part of which clearly reads ‘[…]-kheru neb-imakhu’, a formula that normally follows the name of the deceased, though the name itself is completely missing or perhaps was never written at all.

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