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

TOMB TYPES OF DYNASTY I, FIRST PART (MENES TO ZET)

N-S E-W
SE chamber, floor . 0-5 m. 0-45 m.
SW chamber, floor . 0-5 m. 0-5 m.
Total floor area of burial chambers: 2-4 sq. m.

Area
o-2o sq. m.
0-25 sq. m.

Height of chamber from floor to roof: 0-9 m.
Height from floor to top of second roof: 1-5 m.
Depth of open pit from surface to floor: 2-4 m. (add 10-50 for denudation).

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N I 6o8, plan-, I ; 100


N 1608, section. A—B, 1 : 100

Fig.36



Fig- 37
(9) N 1624: see l.c., p. 35, and Fig. 37.
Superstructure (mastaba): denuded away.
Substructure: as in above, except that the two smaller compartments on the south are omitted;
that is three chambers.

Measurements:
N-S
E-W
Area
Substructure, overall.
2-95 m-
i-8 m.
5-31 sq. m.
Main chamber, floor .
i-45 m-
i-2 m.
1-7 sq. m.