Item Petrie MSS 5.5.04e [verso] - Notes on the pyramid of Abu Roash

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Petrie MSS 5.5.04e [verso]

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Notes on the pyramid of Abu Roash

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  • 1881-1882 (Creation)

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Abu Rawash (Abû Rawâsh). Pyramid of Radjedef (Razedef).
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'The pyramid of Abu Roash is perhaps before the fourth dynasty. Its builder was Ramen... [<-N5-mn-//->], probably one of the earlier unclassed Menkara kings, as Menkara of the fourth is known already at Gizeh, the third pyramid being his. the bit of cartouche I found on a scrap of a diorite statue(?) which lay among the chips of granite sarcophagus, &c, just before the doorway. That the pyramid was finished is clear by the finding of traces of sarcophagus & statue, and by the large heaps of chips of worked granite left around it, from cutting the granite casing to pieces at a later time.
The lining of the rock-hewn passage and chamber was torn out 40 or 50 years ago: the chamber, now 30x70 ft, would be narrowed by lining enough to be roofed by slanting slabs [drawing] as usual. That there was granite in part of the inside is shewn by the large heaps of chips reaching some way in front of the entrance.'

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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford

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