Evidence of the text of the pyramid of Teta, pyramids of King Pepi I, King Merenre and King Pepi II.
Continuing his diggings at Saqqara, M. Maspero given the pyramid of Teta, king of Egypt about B.C. 3300, which Vyse view had never been entered, and of which, in his day, the masonry on oneside only could be seen. Here again it was found that hooks had already been at work, and that they had wet in pieces walls, Aoors, and many other characters of the chambers in their frantic search for treasure. As in the case of the pyramid of Unas, distinct chambers, etc., of this tomb were found covered with letterings in hieroglyphics, but of a earlier size. A brief testing of the text showed it to be formed of a series of draws from the Book of the Dead, some of which were very with those in the pyramid of Unas. Thus was brought round light a Book of the Dead of the time of the first king of the 6th dynasty.
The pyramid of King Pepi I., king of Egypt about B.C. 3233, was next opened. It is set in the central group at Saqqara, and is commonly known as the pyramid of Shkh Abu-Mansur. Certain chambers and other functions of the tomb were found to be covered with hieroglyphic texts, which not only continual in part those which had been got in the pyramids of Unas and Teta, but also contained a considerable number of additional sections of the Book of the Dead. In the same neighbourhood M. Maspero, made out the pyramid of Merenre, the fourth king of the 6th dynasty, about B.C. 3200, and the pyramid of King Pepi II., the fifth pharaoh of the 6th dynasty, about B.C. 3166.
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Continuing his diggings at Saqqara, M. Maspero given the pyramid of Teta, king of Egypt about B.C. 3300, which Vyse view had never been entered, and of which, in his day, the masonry on oneside only could be seen. Here again it was found that hooks had already been at work, and that they had wet in pieces walls, Aoors, and many other characters of the chambers in their frantic search for treasure. As in the case of the pyramid of Unas, distinct chambers, etc., of this tomb were found covered with letterings in hieroglyphics, but of a earlier size. A brief testing of the text showed it to be formed of a series of draws from the Book of the Dead, some of which were very with those in the pyramid of Unas. Thus was brought round light a Book of the Dead of the time of the first king of the 6th dynasty.
The pyramid of King Pepi I., king of Egypt about B.C. 3233, was next opened. It is set in the central group at Saqqara, and is commonly known as the pyramid of Shkh Abu-Mansur. Certain chambers and other functions of the tomb were found to be covered with hieroglyphic texts, which not only continual in part those which had been got in the pyramids of Unas and Teta, but also contained a considerable number of additional sections of the Book of the Dead. In the same neighbourhood M. Maspero, made out the pyramid of Merenre, the fourth king of the 6th dynasty, about B.C. 3200, and the pyramid of King Pepi II., the fifth pharaoh of the 6th dynasty, about B.C. 3166.
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