Southern South Saqqara pyramid

Southern South Saqqara pyramid
unknown (see Attribution), 13th Dynasty
Coordinates29°49′50″N 31°13′20″E / 29.83056°N 31.22222°E / 29.83056; 31.22222
Constructed18th century BCE
TypeTrue pyramid (now ruined)
MaterialMudbrick (core)
Tura limestone (casing, barely started)
Base78.75 m (258.4 ft)

The Southern South Saqqara Pyramid[1] (also Unfinished Pyramid at South Saqqara;[2] Lepsius XLVI; SAK S 6[3]) is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb which was built during the 13th Dynasty in South Saqqara, and is renowned for having the most elaborate hypogeum since the late 12th Dynasty pyramids.[2] The building remains unfinished and its owner is still uncertain as no unambiguous evidence has been found to settle the issue. In 2008, the Egyptologist Christoffer Theis proposed that the pyramid was built for king Djehuti, based on a inscription discovered nearby by Gustave Jéquier.[4]

  1. ^ Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids, Thames and Hudson, London 1997, pp. 187. ISBN 0-500-05084-8.
  2. ^ a b Dawn McCormack, "The Significance of Royal Funerary Architecture in the Study of 13th Dynasty Kingship." In M. Marée (ed) The Second Intermediate Period (13th–17th Dynasties), Current Research, Future Prospects, Belgium: Peeters Leuven, 2010, pp. 69–84.
  3. ^ Christoffer Theis, "Zum Eigentümer der Pyramide Lepsius XLVI / SAK S 6 im Süden von Sakkara", Göttinger Miszellen 218 (2008), pp. 101–105
  4. ^ Christoffer Theis, Zum Eigentümer der Pyramid Lepsius XLVI / SAK S 6 im Süden von Sakkara, Göttinger Miszellen, Beiträge zur ägyptologischen Diskussion, vol. 218, Göttingen, 2008, ISSN 0344-385X