Sun sanctuary of Raneferef
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The sun sanctuary of Raneferef is a previously undiscovered ancient Egyptian temple structure from the time of the 5th dynasty , which was built under the king ( pharaoh ) Raneferef (Neferefre), who lived around 2460 to 2455 BC. Ruled. Presumably, the construction remained unfinished due to the short reign of Raneferef.
Written mentions
The Raneferef sanctuary is only known from written sources. These are, on the one hand, two unrolled seals from Abusir and, on the other hand, a series of titles in the Mastaba des Ti in Saqqara . In the Raneferef sanctuary, however, Ti only held an administrative and no priestly office, while he held both offices in the solar sanctuaries of Sahure and Neferirkare . Apart from him, no other officials or priests of the Raneferef sanctuary are known. It can therefore be assumed that the cult operation under Ranferef's successor Niuserre ceased and the building itself was probably demolished. It is possible that Niuserre had his own solar sanctuary built on the same site.
literature
- Miroslav Verner : The Sun Sanctuaries of the 5th Dynasty . In: Sokar, No. 10, 2005, p. 44.
- Miroslav Verner: Remarques sur le temple solaire [Hetep-Rê] et la date du mastaba de Ti. In: Bulletin de l´Institut Francais d´archéologie orientale 87, 1987, pp. 293–297 ( PDF; 1.3 MB ) .
- Susanne Voss: Investigations into the sun sanctuaries of the 5th dynasty. Significance and function of a singular temple type in the Old Kingdom. Hamburg 2004 (also: dissertation, University of Hamburg 2000), pp. 153–155 ( PDF; 2.5 MB ).
