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TOMB TYPES OF DYNASTY I, FIRST PART (MENES TO ZET)
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irregular compartments (probably magazines); 5 large rooms on east; 5 (?) small rooms on
north; 6 small rooms on south; and possibly 5 or 6 on west, now destroyed.
Roofing construction: the heavy wooden roof of the chamber was covered with a number of
courses of c.b.; probably supported by posts in chamber.
Ka-doors were marked on the walls of the compartments, especially on the inner faces of
the lining walls.
Measurements:
Thickness lining: 2-6 m.
Overall .
Inside
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
17-0 m.
18-3 m.
x/i-o8
311-1 sq. m
n-8 m.
13-2 m.
i/i-ii8
155-8 sq. m
Wooden chamber: about 8 m. square; area, 64 sq. m.
Floor area of chamber including dividing walls: 72 sq. m.
Floor area of compartments including destroyed southern compartments: 56 sq. m.
Total floor area: 128 sq. m.
Subsidiary Graves: arranged in eight groups a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h. See section on subsidiary
graves, Chapter IV; total number 318.
i-VII. Abydos Z: tomb of Zet; Petrie, R.T., I, pls. LXI and LXII, p. 8.
See Amelineau, l.c.
Superstructure: destroyed; for reconstruction see Chapter XI.
Substructure: type RT 1-2, see Fig. 19: similar to tomb of Zer; lining walls thinner. Main wooden
chamber as Zer but was built against west wall.
Larger compartments on north, east, and south.
Roofing construction as Zer; wooden floor.
Measurements:
Thickness of lining: o-8 m. on east; 0-9 m. on south and west; 105 m. on north.
Wooden chamber: 9-2 (E-W) x6 (N-S) m. = 55-2 sq. m.
Height of roof: 2-6 m.
Thickness of roofing construction: about i-o m.
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
Overall .
. n-3 m.
13-6 m.
l/l-2
158-7 sq. m.
Inside
• 9’3 m-
11-9 m.
l/l-28
110-67 scl- m-
Floor area
of wooden chamber:
55-2 sq. m. (inclusive).
Floor area of small compartments: 47-5 sq. m.
Total floor area (including posts, &c.): 103-7 ST m-
Subsidiary Graves: 7 groups—a, b, c, d, e, f, and g: total 174 graves. See section on subsidiary
graves, Chapter IV.
i-VIII. Abydos Y: tomb of Queen Merneith; Petrie, R.T., I, pl. LXI, p. 10.
Superstructure: destroyed; for reconstruction see Chapter XL
Substructure: type I-3, see Fig. 20: lined open pit without lateral entrance as Zer and Zet; but c.b.
construction differs; two lining walls, inner and outer; wooden burial chamber; short buttress
connecting wooden walls with inner lining walls. Space between chamber and inner lining very
narrow (cf. Wedymuw).
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irregular compartments (probably magazines); 5 large rooms on east; 5 (?) small rooms on
north; 6 small rooms on south; and possibly 5 or 6 on west, now destroyed.
Roofing construction: the heavy wooden roof of the chamber was covered with a number of
courses of c.b.; probably supported by posts in chamber.
Ka-doors were marked on the walls of the compartments, especially on the inner faces of
the lining walls.
Measurements:
Thickness lining: 2-6 m.
Overall .
Inside
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
17-0 m.
18-3 m.
x/i-o8
311-1 sq. m
n-8 m.
13-2 m.
i/i-ii8
155-8 sq. m
Wooden chamber: about 8 m. square; area, 64 sq. m.
Floor area of chamber including dividing walls: 72 sq. m.
Floor area of compartments including destroyed southern compartments: 56 sq. m.
Total floor area: 128 sq. m.
Subsidiary Graves: arranged in eight groups a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h. See section on subsidiary
graves, Chapter IV; total number 318.
i-VII. Abydos Z: tomb of Zet; Petrie, R.T., I, pls. LXI and LXII, p. 8.
See Amelineau, l.c.
Superstructure: destroyed; for reconstruction see Chapter XI.
Substructure: type RT 1-2, see Fig. 19: similar to tomb of Zer; lining walls thinner. Main wooden
chamber as Zer but was built against west wall.
Larger compartments on north, east, and south.
Roofing construction as Zer; wooden floor.
Measurements:
Thickness of lining: o-8 m. on east; 0-9 m. on south and west; 105 m. on north.
Wooden chamber: 9-2 (E-W) x6 (N-S) m. = 55-2 sq. m.
Height of roof: 2-6 m.
Thickness of roofing construction: about i-o m.
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
Overall .
. n-3 m.
13-6 m.
l/l-2
158-7 sq. m.
Inside
• 9’3 m-
11-9 m.
l/l-28
110-67 scl- m-
Floor area
of wooden chamber:
55-2 sq. m. (inclusive).
Floor area of small compartments: 47-5 sq. m.
Total floor area (including posts, &c.): 103-7 ST m-
Subsidiary Graves: 7 groups—a, b, c, d, e, f, and g: total 174 graves. See section on subsidiary
graves, Chapter IV.
i-VIII. Abydos Y: tomb of Queen Merneith; Petrie, R.T., I, pl. LXI, p. 10.
Superstructure: destroyed; for reconstruction see Chapter XL
Substructure: type I-3, see Fig. 20: lined open pit without lateral entrance as Zer and Zet; but c.b.
construction differs; two lining walls, inner and outer; wooden burial chamber; short buttress
connecting wooden walls with inner lining walls. Space between chamber and inner lining very
narrow (cf. Wedymuw).