Qakare Ibi#Pyramid complex
The Ibi - pyramid at Saqqara is the tomb of the ancient Egyptian King (Pharaoh) Qakare Ibi from the 8th Dynasty. It is located in the south of the necropolis near the Pepi II 's pyramid and the Mastabat al - Fir'aun of Shepseskaf. The Ibi - pyramid is the last known pharaohs grave in which the so-called Pyramid Texts were attached. It is unclear whether the badly damaged tomb was actually built by Ibi itself or just re-used. The great similarity to the queens pyramids of Pepi II leads to the assumption that there was originally a consort of the king was buried, perhaps Anchenespepi IV
The pyramid was already noticed the mid-19th century by Karl Richard Lepsius first time, but explored only in the early 1930s in more detail by Gustave Jéquier.
The Pyramid
The pyramid is not as usually oriented to the cardinal directions but deviates quite strongly from the northwest. Your page length is about 31.5 meters (60 yards ) and thus corresponds to the dimensions of the queens pyramids of Pepi II By Stone robbery, the building is badly damaged and now has only a height of three meters. As a building material for the pyramid core small limestone blocks were used by local origin. These are assigned to two belts that wrap around the left in them -chamber system. On some blocks, found themselves with red paint applied inscriptions with the title " chief of the Libyans ." The meaning of these inscriptions is unclear. For the outer covering an entire foundation had already been created, the actual panel, however, never seems to have been attached.
The substructure
On the north side leads a limestone -clad gear with an inclination of 25 ° about eight feet wide and ends in front of an existing granite Fallstein device. Behind this is the grave chamber. It has a flat ceiling, which is decorated with stars. There is a huge granite block on which once rested the sarcophagus on the west side of the chamber. About this block can be seen the remains of a false door. East of the grave chamber is a Serdab. Both the passage and the grave chamber are decorated with pyramid texts. They seem to have been placed directly by Ibi and not only rewritten later on him. The attachment of the individual sayings appear relatively indiscriminately.
The pyramid complex
From Ibis pyramid complex, only the mortuary temple was identified which is located on the east side of the pyramid and was built only of brick. Its entrance is in the north. Immediately at the pyramid wall, there is a sacrifice space which contains the foundations of a stele or false door and a stone basin. A tray made of alabaster and a mortar made of obsidian have been found here. The south part of the temple take a magazine spaces.