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APPENDIX.
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is composed of masonry superior to that of the Pyramids of
Abouseir.
There appears to have been a temple before the eastern front,
and a causeway communicating therefrom to another building on
the plain. (See Plan, fig. 1.)
The Pyramid had been carried up in two inclines, like the
Southern Pyramid of Dashoor. The casing of the lower part
was of granite, and had an angle of 75° 20'; that of the upper
part, composed of calcareous stone from the Mokattam, had an
angle of about 52°.
The base was 123 feet 4 inches square.
Mr. Peering excavated in the centre of the northern front,
and found amongst the rubbish fragments of stone which were
rudely sculptured and coloured, and, in some instances, were
marked with golden stars upon a dark-blue ground, as if they
had belonged to the ceiling of an apartment; he also met with
some coarse earthenware pots, and a mass of brickwork erected
close to the Pyramid, upon the broken casing-stones; fragments
of which, composed of granite, were found near the north-
eastern angle. As Mr. Perring did not discover an entrance
on the northern side, he extended his researches, but without
effect, to the eastward, where brick-
work had been also erected over
the broken casing, and where more
coarse earthenware, consisting of
pots and of lamps of this shape were
found, and likewise some round
pieces of black basalt, from 3 to 7
inches in diameter. Mr. Perring doubted the antiquity of the
lamps. Several sculptured slabs were also discovered, upon one
of which was the cartouche represented in the Plate.
The hieroglyphics were found upon blocks near the eastern
front, and the stone marked fig. 7, and several others, upon
which characters were rudely sculptured, had been apparently
brought out from the interior of the building. Figs. 2 and 3
were well, but slightly engraved, upon four pieces of granite,
which seem to have belonged to the temple already alluded to.
Fig. 3 had formed part of a doorway, for the hole A was
evidently intended to receive the top of the heel-post of a door.
11
is composed of masonry superior to that of the Pyramids of
Abouseir.
There appears to have been a temple before the eastern front,
and a causeway communicating therefrom to another building on
the plain. (See Plan, fig. 1.)
The Pyramid had been carried up in two inclines, like the
Southern Pyramid of Dashoor. The casing of the lower part
was of granite, and had an angle of 75° 20'; that of the upper
part, composed of calcareous stone from the Mokattam, had an
angle of about 52°.
The base was 123 feet 4 inches square.
Mr. Peering excavated in the centre of the northern front,
and found amongst the rubbish fragments of stone which were
rudely sculptured and coloured, and, in some instances, were
marked with golden stars upon a dark-blue ground, as if they
had belonged to the ceiling of an apartment; he also met with
some coarse earthenware pots, and a mass of brickwork erected
close to the Pyramid, upon the broken casing-stones; fragments
of which, composed of granite, were found near the north-
eastern angle. As Mr. Perring did not discover an entrance
on the northern side, he extended his researches, but without
effect, to the eastward, where brick-
work had been also erected over
the broken casing, and where more
coarse earthenware, consisting of
pots and of lamps of this shape were
found, and likewise some round
pieces of black basalt, from 3 to 7
inches in diameter. Mr. Perring doubted the antiquity of the
lamps. Several sculptured slabs were also discovered, upon one
of which was the cartouche represented in the Plate.
The hieroglyphics were found upon blocks near the eastern
front, and the stone marked fig. 7, and several others, upon
which characters were rudely sculptured, had been apparently
brought out from the interior of the building. Figs. 2 and 3
were well, but slightly engraved, upon four pieces of granite,
which seem to have belonged to the temple already alluded to.
Fig. 3 had formed part of a doorway, for the hole A was
evidently intended to receive the top of the heel-post of a door.