Tomb of Ninetjer v2

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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: Dynasty 2
ORIGINAL OWNER OR SPONSOR OF STRUCTURE (Owner/Builder)	Title Ninetjer
TYPE OF MONUMENT (Type)	Title Mastaba; Chapel
TEMPORAL PERIOD OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First Period)	Title Early Dynastic
DYNASTY OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First Dynasty)	Title Dynasty 2
ROYAL REIGN OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION (First King)	Title Ninetjer
SITE	Title Saqqara
MODERN SCHOLAR/EXPLORER FIRST DOCUMENTING STRUCTURE (Discoverer)	Title Hassan
YEAR OF REDISCOVERY IN MODERN TIMES (Years)	Title 1938.0
TYPE OF STRUCTURE (3D Model Type)	Title Custom model
DATE OF MODEL CONSTRUCTION OR UPDATE (3D Model Date)	Title 2015.0
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 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 Possible area of superstructure for tomb of Ninetjer; polygon based on placement suggested in Lacher-Raschdorff (2014: Abb. 74)
BASEMAPS/IMAGERY UTILIZED FOR GEO-REFERENCING 2D BASE DATA (Maps Used)	Title Lacher-Raschdorff (2014: Abb. 74)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Height Original (m))	Title 10.5 (hypothesized)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL LENGTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Length Original (m))	Title 88.4 (hypothesized)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL WIDTH OF STRUCTURE IN METERS (Width Original (m))	Title 52 (hypothesized)
SOURCES/REFERENCE USED AS BASIS FOR 3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION (3D Data Source)	Title Claudia Lacher-Raschdorff, Das Grab des Königs Ninetjer in Saqqara: architektonische Entwicklung frühzeitlicher Grabanlagen in Ägypten, Archäologische Veröffentlichungen (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Abteilung Kairo) 125 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2014); Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids (London: Thames and Hudson, 1997)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL EXTERIOR DECORATION	Title Domed roof, White Plaster (hypothesized)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL ENCLOSURE WALL DIMENSIONS	Title 119.6 x 88.4 (hypothesized)
DESCRIPTION – ORIGINAL EXTERIOR MATERIAL (3D Texture)	Title StoneA generic white limestone texture was utilized for the main monument (mastaba) following Lacher's suggestion that this would have been lined with a stone facing, the enclosure wall was given a generic mud-brick texture and the mortuary temple was left white, hypothesizing that it would have been white plastered
UNCERTAINTY LEVEL FOR 3D MODEL CONSTRUCTION	Title 4.0
Elevation - placement in model ASL IN METERS	Title 55.5
Discussion of virtual reconstruction and interpretative choices	Title No remains of the superstructure remain in modern times, and these are fully hypothetical reconstructions, based on 1 of 5 potential architectural types suggested by Lacher-RaschdorffThe superstructure of the mastaba was based on the form of the tomb of Shepseskaf, adjusted to reflect Lacher-Raschdorff 's suggested size (2014: Abb. 74); Lacher-Raschdorff suggested the structure was limestone, with a limestone facing, and a mud-brick enclosure with two doorways (west and east) and a mud-brick mortuary temple; no height designations were suggested by Lacher, so a height similar to those used in version 1 of the model (10.5m for the superstructure) was also utilized here; the mortuary temple was left highly schematic as a block with no detailsThe tomb disappears in the model in Dynasty 5, as scholars believe that the tomb superstructure may have been dismantled by king Unas, in order to construct his pyramid complex and causeway nearby: Claudia Lacher, “The Tomb of Ninetjer at Saqqara,” in Egypt at Its Origins 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference “Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt,” London, 27th July - 1st August 2008, ed. Renee Freedman and Peter Fiske (Leuven: Peeters, 2011), 215-217
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/zr339jm9941

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