Tomb of Sethnakht

Description

Type of resource	three dimensional object

Creators/Contributors

Creator	Sullivan, Elaine A.

Bibliographic information

Contained on project page	Title Model Metadata: Dynasties 19-20
ORIGINAL OWNER OR SPONSOR OF STRUCTURE (Owner/Builder)	Title Sethnakht
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 19
ROYAL REIGN OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First King)	Title Unknown
SITE	Title Saqqara
MODERN SCHOLAR/EXPLORER FIRST DOCUMENTING STRUCTURE (Discoverer)	Title Raven
YEAR OF REDISCOVERY IN MODERN TIMES (Years)	Title 2008.0
TYPE OF STRUCTURE (3D Model Type)	Title Custom model
DATE OF MODEL CONSTRUCTION OR UPDATE (3D Model Date)	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 created for the 3D Saqqara Project, 2013
COMMENTS ON 2D DATA (Annotation)	Title Location based on map at the Friends of Saqqara Foundation website (saqqara.nl). Dating to Dynasty 19 based on Maarten Raven et al., “Preliminary Report on the Leiden Excavations at Saqqara, Season 2013: The Tombs of Sethnakht and an Anonymous Official,” Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux 44 (2013): 3–21
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Height Original(m))	Title 2.3, walls (estimated)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL LENGTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Length Original(m))	Title 11.0
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL WIDTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Width Original(m))	Title 10.2
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 2010: An Anonymous Tomb,” Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap ex Oriente Lux 43 (2011): 3–18
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL EXTERIOR MATERIAL (3D Texture)	Title Mud-brick, limestoneThe tomb was mostly mud-brick, decorated with a few limestone revetments on the western wall and western corner of the north and south walls, as well as limestone doorjambs. Most of the limestone elements of the tomb were left undressed, so two textures were used in the model for the stone elements, one signifying an undressed limestone, the other a polished or dressed limestone, positioned based on the description of the excavator.
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 Sethnakht was entered through a thickened mud-brick wall and limestone gateway, which led to an open court leading to a central sanctuary flanked by two chapels. The 3D model is based on the ground plan, site photos, and description of dimensions and materials in Raven et al. (2011: especially figs. 2–3).The original wall height of this tomb was unknown, as only the lower parts of the mud-brick walls were preserved; the 3D model therefore estimated the wall height based on that of the neighboring tombs of Meryneith and Ptahemwia (2.28m). The reconstruction includes the stone pilasters on the north and south side of the courtyard as well as the limestone dais in the rear of the central chapel. The tomb originally had a limestone paving, with the exception of the side chapels whose floors were packed mud; the side chapels had arched doorways and were vaulted.The tomb of Sethnakht was left unfinished during antiquity, and the model was designed to reflect that state. The open court was likely intended to include a small columned portico with roof on the west (never completed), so the model’s portico and rear sanctuary area lack the limestone roof that would have been added had the tomb been completed. The roof would also have covered the two side chapels with vaulted brick ceilings, which are represented here as complete, as some of the lower courses of the vaults were preserved.
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/kf476dc4756

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