Pyramid Complex of Djoser

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Description

Type of resource three dimensional object

Creators/Contributors

Creator Sullivan, Elaine A.

Bibliographic information

Contained on project page
Title
Model Metadata: Dynasties 3-4
ORIGINAL OWNER OR SPONSOR OF STRUCTURE (Owner/Builder)
Title
Netjerykhet (Djoser)
TYPE OF MONUMENT (Type)
Title
Pyramid
TEMPORAL PERIOD OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First Period)
Title
Early Dynastic; Old Kingdom
DYNASTY OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (FIRST_DYNASTY)
Title
Dynasty 3
ROYAL REIGN OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First King)
Title
Netjerykhet (Djoser)
SITE
Title
Saqqara
MODERN SCHOLAR/EXPLORER FIRST DOCUMENTING STRUCTURE (Discoverer)
Title
von Minutoli
YEAR OF REDISCOVERY IN MODERN TIMES (Year)
Title
1821.0
TYPE OF STRUCTURE (3D Model Type)
Title
Custom model
DATE OF MODEL CONSTRUCTION OR UPDATE (3D Model Date)
Title
2013.0
NAME OF 3D MODELER
Title
Ancient Egypt Research Associates (model geometry); Tori Schniedewind (modifications and texturing)
COPYRIGHT (Copyright)
Title
AERA
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
60.0
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL LENGTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Length Original(m))
Title
121.0
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL WIDTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Width Original(m))
Title
109.0
SOURCES/REFERENCE USED AS BASIS FOR 3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION (3D Data Source)
Title
The digital model geometry was shared with the project by AERA; texturing and modifications to the AERA model were based on Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids (London: Thames and Hudson, 1997) and Miroslav Verner, The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt’s Great Monuments (New York: Grove Press, 2001)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL EXTERIOR DECORATION
Title
The Djoser precinct enclosure had a paneled façade exterior (included in the model)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL ENCLOSURE WALL DIMENSIONS
Title
544 x 277 x 10.5m
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL EXTERIOR MATERIAL (3D Texture)
Title
White limestoneModern photos of the pyramid were viewed and course heights were estimated as measuring about 0.25m tall
UNCERTAINTY LEVEL FOR 3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION
Title
1.0
Elevation - placement in model ASL IN METERS
Title
55.7
Discussion of virtual reconstruction and interpretative choices
Title
Note that few of the interior structures of the Djoser step pyramid complex, including the heb-sed festival court, or the buildings along the southern enclosure wall, were included in the model, as these were considered for the purposes of the model interior spaces and not relevant to the research question
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/qf815hr1731

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Copyright
Stanford University, 2019.
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Constructing the Sacred Archive

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