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APPENDIX. 53
On the eastern side are several foundations, and beyond them,
and towards the village, is a long causeway, constructed with
stone.
Present Base, above - - - - 245 feet.
Height.....75 feet.
MUST A BET EL FARAOON.
The Throne of Pharaoh, so called from an Arabian tradition,
that an antient king of Egypt erected it for his seat.
It is a pyramidal building, composed of very large stones, and
constructed in two degrees, or stories, the lower of which has
consisted of five courses of masonry, each about 6 feet high ; the
upper story has also had five courses, each 5 feet 3 inches in
height. On the northern and southern faces another course of
blocks, about 4 feet in height, has been carried up, which forms
at these fronts a sort of parapet, 23 feet in breadth.
The materials consist of coarse calcareous stone, in which are
semi-petrified oyster-shells. The building has no doubt been a
tomb. Attempts had been made to open the northern and south-
ern fronts, but apparently without success.
Feet Inches.
Original Base, North and South - - - 309 0
East and West - - - - 217 0
Original Top, North and South - - - 263 0
East and West - - - - 181 0
Original Height in Centre ... - 56 3
at Ends.....60 3
Near the eastern front are foundations, composed of compact
limestone, and of granite, whence a causeway, made with crude
bricks, extends due east for about 390 feet, and then inclines
northwards towards the village of Saccara.
NOTES BY MR. BIRCH.
No. 3 IN THE MAP. PLATE C.
Some account of this Pyramid is to be found in a work of Signore
G. Segato," and in General Minutoli's " Reise zum Tempel des Jupiter
Amnion."? The inscription over the architrave, and on the lintels of the
* Saggi Pittorici, &c. da G. Segato e Lorenzo Musi. Fas. Secondo.
Fiorenze, 1827.
7 Fol. Berlin, 1824, pp. 405-7, Tab. XXVIII. Fig. 4, a.
On the eastern side are several foundations, and beyond them,
and towards the village, is a long causeway, constructed with
stone.
Present Base, above - - - - 245 feet.
Height.....75 feet.
MUST A BET EL FARAOON.
The Throne of Pharaoh, so called from an Arabian tradition,
that an antient king of Egypt erected it for his seat.
It is a pyramidal building, composed of very large stones, and
constructed in two degrees, or stories, the lower of which has
consisted of five courses of masonry, each about 6 feet high ; the
upper story has also had five courses, each 5 feet 3 inches in
height. On the northern and southern faces another course of
blocks, about 4 feet in height, has been carried up, which forms
at these fronts a sort of parapet, 23 feet in breadth.
The materials consist of coarse calcareous stone, in which are
semi-petrified oyster-shells. The building has no doubt been a
tomb. Attempts had been made to open the northern and south-
ern fronts, but apparently without success.
Feet Inches.
Original Base, North and South - - - 309 0
East and West - - - - 217 0
Original Top, North and South - - - 263 0
East and West - - - - 181 0
Original Height in Centre ... - 56 3
at Ends.....60 3
Near the eastern front are foundations, composed of compact
limestone, and of granite, whence a causeway, made with crude
bricks, extends due east for about 390 feet, and then inclines
northwards towards the village of Saccara.
NOTES BY MR. BIRCH.
No. 3 IN THE MAP. PLATE C.
Some account of this Pyramid is to be found in a work of Signore
G. Segato," and in General Minutoli's " Reise zum Tempel des Jupiter
Amnion."? The inscription over the architrave, and on the lintels of the
* Saggi Pittorici, &c. da G. Segato e Lorenzo Musi. Fas. Secondo.
Fiorenze, 1827.
7 Fol. Berlin, 1824, pp. 405-7, Tab. XXVIII. Fig. 4, a.