Samar Rabea Mohamed , Restoration and Reassembly of the Shattered Stone Sarcophagus lid of Sanit from the Late Period - 26th Dynasty in the Saqqara area, Preserved in

 Eighteen stone pieces representing the limestone lid of Sanit’s sarcophagus were received,

making it necessary to assemble these fragments to preserve them from loss and restore the lid

as one piece. This assembly process will stop the deterioration and damage to the stone

components of the lid.The limestone lid of Sanit was received in museum storage number (2) in the Saqqara. The lid

dates back to the 26th Dynasty of the Late Period when officials of the 26th Dynasty were

buried in Saqqara. Sanit was likely a high-ranking official of this dynasty. In 1921, the

archaeologist Firth discovered the double-shaft tomb of Nefer-ib-Ra Sanit/Wah-ib-Ra. Upon

opening the tomb, the sarcophagus lid was shattered into many pieces and transferred to a

secondary storage facility with a worn wooden roof in the Saqqara area.The lid was later moved again to museum storage number (2) due to its severely damaged state,

as it consisted of separate stone pieces, some large, some medium, and others small, along with

missing sections.

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