South Saqqara Stone
E254173
The South Saqqara Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt annal stone that preserves royal inscriptions and year-by-year records of kings from the late Old Kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Saqqara Stone canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian annal stone
ⓘ
basalt stela ⓘ royal annals ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Saqqara necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Saqqara
|
| associatedWith | Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| category |
Egyptian chronicles
ⓘ
Egyptian inscriptions ⓘ Egyptian stelae ⓘ |
| chronologicalCoverage |
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
late Old Kingdom ⓘ |
| civilization |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| contains |
records of offerings
ⓘ
regnal years ⓘ religious festivals ⓘ royal names ⓘ year-by-year records of reigns ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culturalContext | royal court of the Old Kingdom ⓘ |
| datingMethod |
historical comparison with other annals
ⓘ
paleography ⓘ |
| discoveryLocation |
Saqqara necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
South Saqqara
|
| genre | royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
evidence for administration and cult practices
ⓘ
source for chronology of the late Old Kingdom ⓘ source for royal titulary ⓘ |
| inscribedFor |
Egyptian kings
ⓘ
pharaohs of the late Old Kingdom ⓘ |
| inscriptionOrientation | two-sided inscription ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | annalistic inscription ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ |
| material | basalt ⓘ |
| medium | stone inscription ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Saqqara necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
South Saqqara
|
| objectType | large stone slab ⓘ |
| purpose |
record royal annals
ⓘ
record year-by-year events ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cairo Stone
ⓘ
Palermo Stone ⓘ |
| relevanceTo |
Egyptian chronology studies
ⓘ
Egyptology ⓘ |
| scriptType | monumental inscription ⓘ |
| stateOfPreservation | fragmentary ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
reigns of Egyptian kings
ⓘ
state and religious events ⓘ |
| usedFor | official royal record keeping ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.