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As a result of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's renewed excavations in Lisht, the Egyptian Department published The Pyramid of Senwosret I by Dieter Arnold in 1988, followed in 1990 by The Control Notes and Team Marks by Felix Arnold. The first volume examined the main pyramid and its related mortuary installations, while this third volume, The Pyramid Complex of Senwosret I by Dieter Arnold, discusses the monuments and objects found within the outer enclosure wall of the royal pyramid, mainly the nine subsidiary pyramids and other tombs belonging to members of the royal family and their households. Although the pyramids and their surrounding installations are much destroyed and the burials pillaged, it has been possible to reconstruct, to some degree, the architecture from these ruins. Such a reconstruction is particularly important, as no other pyramid enclosures of the Middle Kingdom, and very few of the Old Kingdom, have ever been so thoroughly excavated and published. The results of this enterprise provide an important contribution to our understanding of the structure and development of the royal funerary complexes of the Middle Kingdom.
As with the other volumes on the Museum's excavations, this publications provides complete information and archaeological context for a number of important objects from Lisht that were given to the Museum as a result of the division of finds, and are now displayed in the Egyptian Galleries of the Metropolitan Museum. Also significant is the discovery of timbers from one or more ancient ships, described in the appendix. When these vessels were no longer thought to be seaworthy, they were disassembled and their timbers embedded in roads used during the construction of the pyramid complex.
As with the other volumes on the Museum's excavations, this publications provides complete information and archaeological context for a number of important objects from Lisht that were given to the Museum as a result of the division of finds, and are now displayed in the Egyptian Galleries of the Metropolitan Museum. Also significant is the discovery of timbers from one or more ancient ships, described in the appendix. When these vessels were no longer thought to be seaworthy, they were disassembled and their timbers embedded in roads used during the construction of the pyramid complex.
Price: £125.00
Pages: 120
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Egyptian Expedition
Publication Date:
31 December 1992
ISBN: 9780870996122
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
Director's Foreword
List of Abbreviations and Terms
Sources of Plates
Sources of Text Figures
Sources of Plans
Introduction
Chapter I: The Outer Court and the Outer Enclosure Wall
The Southeast Corner of the Outer Enclosure Wall
The Southern Gate and Causeway Widening
Two Sections Near the East End of the North Wall and the Northeast Corner of the Outer Enclosure Wall
Chapter II: The Nine Secondary Pyramids
Pyramid 1 (Queen Neferu?)
Pyramid 2 (Princess Itakayet)
Pyramid 3
Pyramid 4
Pyramid 5
Pyramid 6
Pyramid 7
Pyramid 8
Pyramid 9
Chapter III: Burials and Shafts in the Outer Court
Burials and Shafts of Known Location
Burials and Shafts of Unknown Location (Probably OCE1 and OCSE)
Burials and Shafts of Unknown Location East of "Ka" Pyramid, East of Pyramid 1, and Outside the Outer Enclosure Wall
Shafts North of and in the Area of the "Ka" Pyramid
Shafts of Partially Unknown Location with 6LP Numbering
Shafts of Unknown Location in the OCS2 (Numbered 1-6)
Chapter IV: Other Constructions in the Outer Court
Houses
Beehive-Vaulted Cellars (Silos)
The Boat Pit
Chapter V: Catalogue of Finds
Finds from the Burial of Ankhty (Shaft 7/12)
Finds Associated with the Secondary Pyramids
Finds from Shafts and Burials in the Outer Court
Finds from Shafts and Beehive-Vaulted Cellars (Silos) of Unknown Location (Probably OCE1 and OCSE)
Finds from the "Radim"
Finds from the Boat Pit
Miscellaneous Find
Finds from the Offering Hall of the Mortuary Temple of Senwosret I
Finds from the So-called Pyramid Slump
Finds from the Area North of Pyramid 9
The Model Pottery by Dorothea Arnold
Chapter VI: Construction Methods and Technical Details
Slideways and Construction Ramps
Dressing Stations for Stone Cutting
Joining of the Building Blocks
Levelling Walls
The Organization of the Construction Area
The Planning and Proportions of the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret I
An Additional Observation on the Blocking System of the Pyramid of Senwosret I
Appendix: The Lisht Timbers: A Report on Their Significance
Cheryl Haldane
Introduction
The Lisht Timbers
Conclusions
Catalogue of the Lisht Timbers
Concordance of Shaft, Pit, and Burial Numbers with the Organization of Chapter III
General Index
Objects in Museum Collections
Plates 1-133
Plans I-VI
List of Abbreviations and Terms
Sources of Plates
Sources of Text Figures
Sources of Plans
Introduction
Chapter I: The Outer Court and the Outer Enclosure Wall
The Southeast Corner of the Outer Enclosure Wall
The Southern Gate and Causeway Widening
Two Sections Near the East End of the North Wall and the Northeast Corner of the Outer Enclosure Wall
Chapter II: The Nine Secondary Pyramids
Pyramid 1 (Queen Neferu?)
Pyramid 2 (Princess Itakayet)
Pyramid 3
Pyramid 4
Pyramid 5
Pyramid 6
Pyramid 7
Pyramid 8
Pyramid 9
Chapter III: Burials and Shafts in the Outer Court
Burials and Shafts of Known Location
Burials and Shafts of Unknown Location (Probably OCE1 and OCSE)
Burials and Shafts of Unknown Location East of "Ka" Pyramid, East of Pyramid 1, and Outside the Outer Enclosure Wall
Shafts North of and in the Area of the "Ka" Pyramid
Shafts of Partially Unknown Location with 6LP Numbering
Shafts of Unknown Location in the OCS2 (Numbered 1-6)
Chapter IV: Other Constructions in the Outer Court
Houses
Beehive-Vaulted Cellars (Silos)
The Boat Pit
Chapter V: Catalogue of Finds
Finds from the Burial of Ankhty (Shaft 7/12)
Finds Associated with the Secondary Pyramids
Finds from Shafts and Burials in the Outer Court
Finds from Shafts and Beehive-Vaulted Cellars (Silos) of Unknown Location (Probably OCE1 and OCSE)
Finds from the "Radim"
Finds from the Boat Pit
Miscellaneous Find
Finds from the Offering Hall of the Mortuary Temple of Senwosret I
Finds from the So-called Pyramid Slump
Finds from the Area North of Pyramid 9
The Model Pottery by Dorothea Arnold
Chapter VI: Construction Methods and Technical Details
Slideways and Construction Ramps
Dressing Stations for Stone Cutting
Joining of the Building Blocks
Levelling Walls
The Organization of the Construction Area
The Planning and Proportions of the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret I
An Additional Observation on the Blocking System of the Pyramid of Senwosret I
Appendix: The Lisht Timbers: A Report on Their Significance
Cheryl Haldane
Introduction
The Lisht Timbers
Conclusions
Catalogue of the Lisht Timbers
Concordance of Shaft, Pit, and Burial Numbers with the Organization of Chapter III
General Index
Objects in Museum Collections
Plates 1-133
Plans I-VI