South Saqqara Stone

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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.

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South Saqqara Stone canonical 1

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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

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Fifth Dynasty of Egypt sourceOfKnowledge South Saqqara Stone