Tomb of Ry

Description

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 Ry
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 Unknown
SITE	Title Saqqara
MODERN SCHOLAR/EXPLORER FIRST DOCUMENTING STRUCTURE (Discoverer)	Title Raven
YEAR OF REDISCOVERY IN MODERN TIMES (Years)	Title 2012–2013
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 created for the 3D Saqqara Project, 2016
COMMENTS ON 2D DATA (Annotation)	Title Location based on map at Friends of Saqqara Foundation (Saqqara.nl) website; dating based on Raven et al. (2013)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Height Original(m))	Title 5.43, pyramid (estimated); 2.28, walls (estimated)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL LENGTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Length Original(m))	Title 15.1 (east-west)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL WIDTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Width Original(m))	Title 10.9 (north-south)
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 2013: The Tombs of Sethnakht and an Anonymous Official,” Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux 44 (2013): 3–21
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL EXTERIOR MATERIAL (3D Texture)	Title Mud-brick, limestone
UNCERTAINTY LEVEL FOR 3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION	Title 3.0
Elevation - placement in model ASL	Title 57 (base of entrance threshold)
Discussion of virtual reconstruction and interpretative choices	Title This chapel, belonging to a still-unnamed individual, consisted of a gateway and open court leading to a single central sanctuary, originally supporting a mud-brick pyramid. The 3D model of the tomb is based on the descriptions, site photos, and ground plan in Raven et al. (2013). Two versions of the model (Dynasty 18 and Dynasty 19) are included here, as the monument experienced multiple significant phases of construction and deconstruction/redesign in the New Kingdom; the earlier represents the construction phase under the original owner, while the latter represents the tomb after the removal of the pyramid in late Dynasty 18 and the addition of new constructions on the east façade in Dynasty 19.The chapel’s walls and pyramid were composed of mud-brick, with only a few limestone architectural elements, including the doorjambs of the gateway and sanctuary. The central sanctuary and gateway entrance were paved with stone, but the floor of the courtyard was left unpaved. A large covered shaft to a burial chamber was situated in the center of the courtyard; its covering slabs and round-topped perimeter are included in the model. 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 mud-brick pyramid surmounting the chapel was likely destroyed when the monument’s western walls were deconstructed, possibly to make room for the addition of a forecourt to the tomb of Pay and Raia, so its exact height and angle were unclear. In the 3D model, its size and height were based on the tomb of Paser, as the two tombs were similar in size.In Dynasty 19, a small limestone chapel with two thin papyrus columns was added to the east exterior of the tomb, and additional walls forming an exterior porch was added, changing the axis of the entrance to the tomb; the mud-brick wall that would have formed this porch may have had a wooden roof, but this (very hypothetical detail) was not added to the model.
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/vx075nh7672

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Constructing the Sacred Archive

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