The
pyramid's core had five levels, and the underground part looked very
much like those of Djedkare's and Unas's pyramids. The entrance into the
subterranean part of the pyramid was under the north chapel,
in the pavement of the courtyard at the foot of the
pyramid's north wall. Both ends of the corridor were sheated with pink
granite plugging blocks in the middle of the horizontal part. The
antechamber and the burial chamber adjoining it on the west also had
gabled ceilings made of three layers of huge limestone blocks. On the
west wall of the burial chamber stood the sarcophagus, which was long
ago plundered. The walls of the antechamber and burial chamber are
ornamented with pyramid texts, and the ceiling once again imitates a
starry sky, though here the stars are all oriented toward to east. The
serdab which is located east of antechamber, as it is in Unas's pyramid,
has three deep niches and is undecorated. The open courtyard around the
pyramid is surrounded by a limestone perimeter wall. In the northwest
part of the courtyard, were discovered a square shaft about 40 meters
deep. A peculiarity of Teti's mortuary temple connected with the
causeway's bend to the southeast is a small courtyard along the south
part of the east facade. The open courtyard was surrounded by eighteen
pink granite pillars; all but the corner pillars were square. On
the courtyard side, they bore the king's name and titles in deep relief.
The
cult pyramid, enclosed by its own perimeter wall, stands near the
southeast corner of the pyramid, as was usual at this time. In the
pavement of the surrounding courtyard, there were quartzite basins for
libations. The valley temple has not yet been excavated.
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