Tomb of Bakenrenef

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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 26-30
ORIGINAL OWNER OR SPONSOR OF STRUCTURE (Owner/Builder)	Title Bakenrenef/Bocchoris
TYPE OF MONUMENT (Type)	Title Rock-cut tomb; enclosure
TEMPORAL PERIOD OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First Period)	Title Late Period
DYNASTY OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First Dynasty)	Title Dynasty 26
ROYAL REIGN OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First King)	Title Psamtek I
SITE	Title Saqqara
MODERN SCHOLAR/EXPLORER FIRST DOCUMENTING STRUCTURE (Discoverer)	Title Lepsius
YEAR OF REDISCOVERY IN MODERN TIMES (Years)	Title 1843.0
TYPE OF STRUCTURE (3D Model Type)	Title Custom model
DATE OF MODEL CONSTRUCTION OR UPDATE (3D Model Date)	Title 2016, 2019
NAME OF 3D MODELER	Title Sophie Short, 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 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 7+ for the suggested original pylon height, height of entrance to tomb ~2.5
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL LENGTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Length Original(m))	Title ~12.5, length of the courtyard from exterior of pylon to cliff entrance
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL WIDTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Width Original(m))	Title ~13, width of the pylon/entrance enclosure
SOURCES/REFERENCE USED AS BASIS FOR 3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION (3D Data Source)	Title Edda Bresciani, La Galleria di Padineit, Visir di Nectanebo I, Saqqara I, (Pisa: Giardini, 1983)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL EXTERIOR MATERIAL (3D Texture)	Title StonePylon, gateway, and outer court walls were given a simple limestone texture
UNCERTAINTY LEVEL FOR 3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION	Title 4.0
Elevation - placement in model ASL	Title 38.6 (hypothetical base of pylon and courtyard floor level)
Discussion of virtual reconstruction and interpretative choices	Title Bresciani (1983) suggested that a monumental stone gateway with pylon towers originally fronted the open courtyard, although no evidence is preserved for their exact height and form. The side walls of the courtyard, a central basin, stone walls lining the rear of the court, and walls leading parallel off the entrance to the rock-cut tomb were all uncovered during Bresciani’s excavations and give a basic sense of the original exterior superstructure.The model is based on the plan and axial reconstruction of Bresciani (1983: fig. 4), with the side walls (~2.2m, material unknown, here shown as limestone), pylon (~7m), and outer stone gateway with cornice (~4.75m) approximating the hypothesized heights. The short parallel walls leading into the rock-cut tomb suggest that it was originally some type of gateway, so a hypothetical stone roof with cornice was added here, measuring 2.5m to match the size of the rock-cut entrance behind it.
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/yw027rm2056

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