Pyramid of Sesheshet
Name of Pyramid:
‘?’
Period: 6th Dynasty
Dimensions:
Base: 22 metres
Height: 15 metres
Volume: ? cubic metres
Slope: 51 deg
Status: Closed
Pyramid of Sesheshet, mother of Teti? (according to Zahi Hawass)
(Information provided by Inspector Wa’el Fathi Morsi)
This pyramid is located about 100m north of the pyramid of Teti, and 20m east of the pyramid of Queen Iput I. The body of the pyramid consists of six steps made of local limestone. The casing was built of white limestone from the Tura quarries and is preserved only partly in the southwest corner up to about 2m high. The average blocks used measure 30x40x15cm. The pyramid was repeatedly robbed of its stones in ancient times. Originally, the pyramid was 15m high and 22m wide. Currently, only 5m is preserved of its original height.
After three years of excavating, the pyramid has been fully cleared. An enclosure wall was discovered on the north, west and south of the complex. Digging hasn’t yet taken place to the east of the pyramid, where the remains of the funerary temple are to be expected and, perhaps, the name of the owner of the pyramid may be found.
The entrance of the pyramid was a shaft on the north side leading to a sloping corridor filled with rough granite blocks, which in turn led to the burial chamber. The burial chamber, located in the center of the pyramid, was carved in the natural rock and had its walls covered with limestone revetments. A small room to the east of the burial chamber was probably used for storing funerary furniture.
The granite coffin in the burial chamber was uninscribed. It was found to be already opened on discovery, but in it, the skeletal remains of a female were found – unfortunately without archaeological evidence or inscriptions indicating the name of the owner of the pyramid.
From Saqqara.nl
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