Tomb of Ptahemwia

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Type of resource	three dimensional object

Creators/Contributors

Creator	Sullivan, Elaine A.

Bibliographic information

Contained on project page	Title Model Metadata: Dynasty 18
ORIGINAL OWNER OR SPONSOR OF STRUCTURE (Owner/Builder)	Title Ptahemwia
TYPE OF MONUMENT (Type)	Title Temple tomb
TEMPORAL PERIOD OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First Period)	Title New Kingdom
DYNASTY OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First Dynasty)	Title Dynasty 18
ROYAL REIGN OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First King)	Title Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten
SITE	Title Saqqara
MODERN SCHOLAR/EXPLORER FIRST DOCUMENTING STRUCTURE (Discoverer)	Title Raven and van Walsem
YEAR OF REDISCOVERY IN MODERN TIMES (Years)	Title 2007.0
TYPE OF STRUCTURE (3D Model Type)	Title Custom model
DATE OF MODEL CONSTRUCTION OR UPDATE (3D Model Data)	Title 2016.0
NAME OF 3D MODELER	Title Cori Hoover
SOFTWARE USED FOR MODEL BUILD	Title SketchUp Pro
COPYRIGHT (Copyright)	Title UC Regents, 3D Saqqara Project
SOURCES/REFERENCES FOR 2D BASE DATA (Citation)	Title Polygon data from Bresciani and Giammarusti (2003) added to and emended by GIS Supervisor and Senior Surveyor Emanuele Brienza (2010)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Height Original(m))	Title 2.28, walls (estimated), 2 (preserved), 5.79, pyramid (estimated)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL LENGTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Length Original(m))	Title 16.0
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL WIDTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Width Original(m))	Title 10.5
SOURCES/REFERENCE USED AS BASIS FOR 3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION (3D Data Source)	Title Maarten Raven et al., “Preliminary Report on the Leiden Excavations at Saqqara, Season 2007: The Tomb of Ptahemwia,” Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux 40 (2007): 19–39
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL EXTERIOR MATERIAL (3D Texture)	Title Mud-brick, mud plaster, limestoneRemains of a stone revetment were found lining the interior walls of the court and the central sanctuary; these were textured accordingly. The side chapels did not have a revetment and were finished with mud plaster.
UNCERTAINTY LEVEL FOR 3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION	Title 2.0
Elevation - placement in model ASL	Title 57 (base of entrance threshold)
Discussion of virtual reconstruction and interpretative choices	Title The tomb of Ptahemwia consisted of a papyrus-column peristyle court accessed through a thick wall or pylon with gate, leading to three rear rooms, including a central sanctuary with two columns. The model reconstruction was based on the description, ground plan, and dimensions published in Raven et al. (2007: 19–39).The height of the walls of the tomb (preserved in some locations to 2m) were raised slightly higher to extend above the courtyard walls of the abutting tomb of Meryneith. The eastern walls of the tomb were substantially thicker than the other walls, suggesting that they formed some type of monumental entrance with a slight incline. It may originally have been meant to appear like a pylon, so the tops of these walls have been extended up above the level of the entrance doorway.No evidence of a mud-brick pyramid was discovered during excavation, but, as these are rarely preserved, this detail was added to the tomb, here with a simple mud-brick texture.
Part of publication	Title Sullivan, Elaine A. Constructing the Sacred: Visibility and Ritual Landscape at the Egyptian Necropolis at Saqqara, Redwood City: Stanford University Press 2020, http://doi.org/10.21627/2020cts
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/gq885gy2089

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