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Djedkare. The king following Unas was Teti, who built a red
granite gateway at the entrance to the temple and commemorated
the act by inscribing his name and titles. The entrance hall was
paved with alabaster, the walls decorated with offering reliefs
and led to an open court with 18 elegant red granite plam-
columns depicting the names of the Unas. A transverse corridor
had a staircase built into its western wall which would have led
to a roof terrace, the corridor dividing the outer and inner parts of
the temple. Here was a chapel with 5 statue niches, an
antechamber and the cult offering hall with its false door. Traces
of the pink granite false door, with an inscription referring to
deities protecting the souls of Nekhen and Buto, still remain, but
there is little else left of the mortuary temple. Many of the blocks
and columns were re-used in later monuments (especially in the
Delta) and the temple was also invaded by large shaft tombs of
the Late Period, adding to its destruction. A small satellite
pyramid was situated on the southern side of the mortuary
temple, inside the enclosure wall.

On the southern side of the pyramid is part of an inscription
by Khaemwaset, son of Ramssses II and priest of Heliopolis,
who restored many of the Old Kingdom monuments, including
those of Unas, 1000 years after they were built. To the north-east
of the pyramid, two queens of Unas, Nebet and khenut, were
buried in mastaba tombs.

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