Bent Pyramid Valley Temple. Dashur. هرم سنفرو المائل دهشور Долинный Храм Ломаной Пирамиды Снофру.

The Bent Pyramid is perhaps one of the first pyramid complex with a Valley Temple. Here we see features that later differentiate between those of later Mortuary temples and Valley temples. An unroofed causeway with walls of Tura limestone ran from the upper pyramid complex. The Valley Temple was excavated in 1951 and it was found that the walls were inscribed with reliefs. Prior to this, it was believed that temple walls were not decorated before the end of the 4th Dynasty. In addition to wall fragments, statues and stelae bearing the name of Sneferu were found. The excavation revealed a clear floor plan within a simple rectangular building surrounded by a temenos wall made of mudbrick. The causeway joins the southwest corner of the temple. Later temples have the causeway join up with the west wall of the temple itself. Two large stelae flanked the southern wall of the temple bearing the names and titles of Sneferu. The entrance to the temple is in the center of the southern wall, this led to the three main parts of the temple beginning with an entrance hall. This hall was flanked by two storerooms. Within this hall the walls were carved in bold relief with scenes depicting royal estates in the various districts or nomes.
More details in the expedition report of ISIDA Project 2013.
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