Tomb 6 (of Loret)

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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: Dynasties 19-20
ORIGINAL OWNER OR SPONSOR OF STRUCTURE (Owner/Builder)	Title New Kingdom tomb 6 (of Loret)
TYPE OF MONUMENT (Type)	Title Temple tomb
TEMPORAL PERIOD OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First Period)	Title New Kingdom
DYNASTY OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First Dynasty)	Title Unknown
SITE	Title Saqqara
MODERN SCHOLAR/EXPLORER FIRST DOCUMENTING STRUCTURE (Discoverer)	Title Loret
YEAR OF REDISCOVERY IN MODERN TIMES (Years)	Title 1897–1899
TYPE OF STRUCTURE (3D Model Type)	Title Custom model
DATE OF MODEL CONSTRUCTION OR UPDATE (3D Model Date)	Title 2019.0
NAME OF 3D MODELER	Title Elaine Sullivan
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, based on digital data from Bresciani and Giammarusti (2003) added to and emended by GIS Supervisor and Senior Surveyor Emanuele Brienza (2010)
COMMENTS ON 2D DATA (Annotation)	Title Polygon size, location, and date based on plan of Loret (1899)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Height Original(m))	Title ~4.6m, pyramid (estimated)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL LENGTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Length Original(m))	Title ~9.3 (estimated)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL WIDTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Width Original(m))	Title ~6 (estimated)
SOURCES/REFERENCE USED AS BASIS FOR 3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION (3D Data Source)	Title Victor Loret, Fouilles dans la nécropole memphite (1897–1899) (Cairo: Imprimerie nationale, 1899)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL EXTERIOR MATERIAL (3D Texture)	Title Mud-brick, limestone, mud-plasterTextures were based on the other small tombs chapel of the New Kingdom, including mud-brick walls, a limestone doorway at the entrance to the tomb, two limestone columns fronting the rear sanctuary, and a mud-brick pyramid. These are all highly hypothetical, as the Loret plan does not indicate construction materials.
UNCERTAINTY LEVEL FOR 3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION	Title 4.0
Elevation - placement in model ASL	Title 58 (entrance threshold)
Discussion of virtual reconstruction and interpretative choices	Title This small chapel is known from the nineteenth-century excavations by Loret and included in his narrative description as the “6th tomb.” Although almost no detail was given on the structure, the chapel was included in his sketch plan (with shaft #49 inside), showing the building’s walls, the location of the column bases, and the extent of the western rear sanctuary; it appeared to include a square court and a central rear sanctuary with a portico. The 3D model reconstruction was hypothesized based on this ground plan and the comparative tombs of Amenemone and Ipuia, which had similar plans.The height of the structure’s walls (2m) and pyramid (4.6m) in the model were based on other New Kingdom temple tomb examples.
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/ky499ss0856

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