Reisner, George Andrew: The development of the Egyptian tomb down to the accession of Cheops (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Pr. [u.a.], 1936)

50 TOMB TYPES OF DYNASTY I, FIRST PART (MENES TO ZET)
(3) El-Amrah, b 55: see l.c., p. 29.
Substructure: small room cut off from main chamber by thin c.b. wall leaving doorway (as
Hierakonpolis tomb).
Measurements:

Overall .
Floor A .
Floor B .
Total floor
. 1-65 m.
1-125 m-
. 0-15 m.
area: 0-925 sq. m.
1-03 m.
0-725 m.
0-725 m.
1/1-6
x/i-5
1-7 sq. m.
0-816 sq. m.
0-109 scl- m-
D. 1-85 m.
H. o-8 m.
(4) El-Amrah, b 142:
see l.c., p. 29.
Substructure:
Measurements
•
Overall .
. 2-4 m.
I-I75 m-
1/2
2-82 sq. m.
D. 1-75 m.
Room A .
i-2 m.
0-875 m-
i/i-37
1-05 sq. m.
H. o-8 m.
Room B .
. 0-75 m.
0-875 m-
0-656 sq. m.

Total floor area: 1-71 sq. m.
At Turah, Prof. Junker found a few graves of type I B (1) (see main list) and a few small graves
of i b (1):
(5) Turah 12-0-1: see Turah, p. 18.
Substructure: measurements uncertain.

Measurements:
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
Overall .
• 3'*5 m- (?)
i-5 m- (?)
1/2-3
4'73 sq-m-
Inside
2-85 m.
i-2 m.
1/2-3
3-42 sq. m.
The area covered by the dividing wall
is 0-18 sq. m.
Deducting this leaves 3-24 sq. m. as the

total floor area.

(6) Turah iq-k-2: see l.c., p. 18; raff-burial in end compartment.
Substructure:

Measurements:
o-88 sq. m.
Inside (?). . . i-i m.
o-8 m.
i/!-3
(7) Turah 15-1-6: as No. (57).
Substructure :
Measurements:
Inside . . . 2-1 m.
0-9 m.
1/2-3
1-89 sq. m.

The small graves of type i b (2) are similarly small copies of type I B (2):
(8) N 1608: see Reisner, Naga-ed-Der, I, p. 34 and Fig. 36; two paired chambers at each end of main
chamber.
Substructure: double wooden roof.

Measurements :
N-S
E-W
Area
Substructure, overall.
3A m-
1-7 m.
6-7 sq. m.
Main chamber, floor .
1-4 m.
i-o m.
1-4 sq. m.
NE chamber, floor .
o-45 m-
0-4 m.
0-18 sq. m.
NW chamber, floor .
0-47 m.
0-4 m.
0-18 sq. m.