The Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III at Dahshur

PART ONE:
THE CENTRAL PYRAMID COMPLEX                            19
The Original Outer Enclosure Wall                      19
General Features                                       19
The Original Main Gate                                 22
The Passage through the South Wall                     22
The Stone Inner Enclosure Wall                         23
The Pyramid of Senwosret III                           25
The Foundations                                        27
The Brick Core                                         28
The Casing                                             29
The Inscription of Prince Khaemwaset
by Adela Oppenheim and James P. Allen                  29
The Pyramidion                                         31
The Subterranean Apartments of the King                32
The King's Tomb                                        33
The King's Sarcophagus                                 36
The Roof of the Three Chambers                         38
The Construction Shafts                                39
The Bent Tunnel                                        40
The Finds                                              41
The Graffiti                                           42
Evaluation                                             43
Excursus A: The Tomb or Cenotaph
of Senwosret III at Abydos                             44
Excursus B:Tomb 621 at Lahun                           45
The Pyramid Temple                                     46
The Excavation                                         46
The Foundations                                        46
The Plan                                               48
The Corner and Roof Articulation                       50
The Roof                                               52
The Interior Elements                                  53
The King's North Chapel                                54
The Queens' Shaft and Chamber                          55
The Shaft                                              56
The Sloping Passage                                    56
The T-Shaped Chamber                                   57
The Original Project                                   58
The Four North Pyramids                                58
The East Chapels of the Secondary Pyramids             59
Pyramid 1                                              60
Pyramid 2 (Queen Nefret-henut)                         61
Pyramid 3 (Princess Itakayet)                          63
Pyramid 4                                              67
The Subsidiary Queens' Gallery                         68
Tombs 1-4                                              68
Tombs 5—12                                             69
The Two Treasures Found by De Morgan                   70
Tomb 5                                                 70
Tomb 6 (Queen Mereret?)                                71
Tomb 7 (Princess Senet-senebetes)                      71
Tomb 8 (Princess Menet)                                72
Tomb 9 (Princess Sithathor?)                           73
Tomb 10                                                73
Tomb 11                                                74
Tomb 12                                                74
De Morgan's East Pyramids                              75
Pyramid 5                                              75
Pyramid 6                                              75
The Three South Pyramids                               75
Pyramid 9 (Queen Weret II)                             75
Pyramid 8 (Queen Weret I)                              82
Pyramid 7                                              84
Canopic Material from the Pyramid Complex of
Senwosret III in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo            86
PART TWO:
THE ENLARGED PYRAMID COMPLEX                           89
The Later Outer Enclosure Wall.                        89
General Features                                       89
The Southeast Corner                                   90
The New Main Gate                                      90
The Drain in the South Wall                            90
The Southwest Corner and Other Sections of the Outer
Enclosure Wall                                         91
The Causeway                                           92
The Underpass and Surrounding Area                     92
Causeway Sections West of the Underpass                95
Passage between South Temple and Pyramid Cotirt        96
The Presumed Valley Temple                             97
The South Temple                                       97
The Plan                                               97
The Foundations                                        98
The "Palace"                                           99
Trench between the South Temple and the Later South
Enclosure Wall                                         99
Architectural Elements                                 99
The Reconstruction                                     104
Sections of the South Area                             105
The Dividing Wall between the South Temple and the
South Enclosure Wall (South Dividing Wall)             105
The North-South Dividing Wall                          105
The Southwest Court                                    105
The Gate in the Later South Outer Enclosure Wall       106
The Boat Burials                                       106
The North Court and the Archaic Tombs                  107
PART THREE: BUILDING METHODS                           109
Planning and Preparation                               109
Foundations no
Underground Constructions no
Construction of the King's Pyramid in
Stone Masonry                                          112
Brickwork                                              112
PART FOUR: ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS                    115
Artistic Aspects                                       115
Chronology of the Building Campaigns                   116
The "Weret Problem"                                    117
Functional Aspects                                     118
The Development of the Queens' Chambers                120
The Double-Floor Tomb Type                             120
The Tomb of Queen Weret II                             120
The Sarcophagus-Niche Type                             121
Archaism in the Architecture of Senwosret III          121
APPENDIX
by Adela Oppenheim                                     123
Finds from the Tombs of the Royal Women                123
Finds from Queens' Tombs 1—12                          123
Finds from Pyramid 9 (Queen Weret II)                  125
Relief Decoration of the King's Temples and Queens' Chapels 133
The Pyramid Temple                                     133
The South Temple                                       142
The Queens'Chapels                                     145
Index                                                  147
Plates 1-164                                           151
Plans I—VI in pocket at back of book