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

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into four rooms: (1) south end, E-W room 5-48 x 1-97 m., unconnected with other rooms, roofed
with wooden beams resting on c.b. ledge; (2) short E-W room, 2-90 x 170 m., adjoining eastern
end of southern room on the north, stairway from east, blocked doorway to (3) in west end of
north wall; (3) N-S room, 3-12 X2-2 m., divided in two by pilaster in middle of east wall, and
perhaps also in west wall, doorway in east end of north wall leading to (4); (4) large E-W room,
5-6 x3-5 m., occupying northern end of cutting, doorway from (3) opens in embrasure in
south wall.

Floor area: (1) io-8 sq. m.
(2) 4-9 sq. m.
(3) 6-8 sq. m.
(4) 19-6 sq. m.
Total: 42-1 sq. m.
Relation of floor area to mastaba area: i/6-i.




MAHA5NAH. Ml
Fig. 49: Garstang, Mahasnah and Bet Khallaf, pl. XXXIII

EL-AMRAH 6 91
Fig. 50: Maclver, El Amrah
and Abydos, pl. IV

DESCRIPTION OF TOMBS OF TYPE II B (2)
Type II B (2). Open pit cut in gravel; wooden roof; stairway from valley side or north:
i-lxiv. Mahasnah 1: see Garstang, Mahasnah and Bet Khallaf, pl. XXXIII: see Fig. 49.
Substructure: stairway descends from north to main chamber; three subsidiary chambers on south,
each with a doorway opening into main chamber; present depth 2-5 m. (denuded).

Measurements:
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
Overall .
. 8-4 m.
5-4 m.
i/x-5
45‘4 sq-m-
Room A .
• 5’5 m-
47 m.
1/1-25
24-8 sq. m.
Room 2 .
1-65 m.
i-2 m.
1-98 sq. m.
Room 3 .
. 1-65 m.
1-65 m.
2-72 sq. m.
Room 4 .
. 1-65 m.
i-35 m-
2-23 sq. m.

Total floor area: 3173 sq. m.
i-lxv. El-Amrah b 91: see Maclver, El-Amrah, pl. IV, p. 39: see Fig. 50.
Substructure: stairway descends from desert side to main chamber near south end; two small
chambers in north end; one in SW corner; open pit, brick lined; wooden roof.