TY - GEN
T1 - The Late Old Kingdom Archive from the Pyramid Complex of Netjerkhet
AU - Ryholt, Kim
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - During excavations at the pyramid complex of Netjerkhet at Saqqara in the 1920s, Firth and Quibell discovered a purpose-built archive with fragments of papyri still in situ. Although this important discovery received scant notice in the published reports, it can be determined that the archive was constructed when ”Temple T” or the ”Building with three fluted columns” was converted into an administrative centre around 2400 BC. The archive consists of a long corridor flanked by 26 mud-brick niches and it had the estimated capacity to store several thousand papyri. The contents of the papyri found in the niches suggests that the administrative centre was used by the vizier and that it was involved in the construction of the royal pyramids during the late Old Kingdom.
AB - During excavations at the pyramid complex of Netjerkhet at Saqqara in the 1920s, Firth and Quibell discovered a purpose-built archive with fragments of papyri still in situ. Although this important discovery received scant notice in the published reports, it can be determined that the archive was constructed when ”Temple T” or the ”Building with three fluted columns” was converted into an administrative centre around 2400 BC. The archive consists of a long corridor flanked by 26 mud-brick niches and it had the estimated capacity to store several thousand papyri. The contents of the papyri found in the niches suggests that the administrative centre was used by the vizier and that it was involved in the construction of the royal pyramids during the late Old Kingdom.
U2 - 10.2307/j.ctv1q26x7q.10
DO - 10.2307/j.ctv1q26x7q.10
M3 - Article in proceedings
SN - 9789042944527
VL - 37
T3 - Orient & Méditerranée
SP - 117
EP - 146
BT - Les archives administratives de l'Ancien Empire
A2 - Collombert, Philippe
A2 - Tallet, Pierre
PB - Peeters
ER -