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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TOMB TYPES OF DYNASTY I, SECOND PART (WEDYMUW TO QAY-'A)

Measurements:
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
Overall .
6-96 m.
3-48 m.
1/2
24-22 sq. m.
Main chamber (1)
2-36 m.
2-6 m.
7-53 sq-m-
Ante-room (2) .
. 1-56 m.
i-54 m.
2-4 sq. m.
Room (3).
1-72 m.
0-38 m.
o-66 sq. m.
Room (4).
0-92 m.
o-88 m.
o-8i sq. m.
Room (5).
. 0-92 m.
i-oi m.
0-93 sq. m.
Total area of burial
rooms: 12-34 scl-
m.

Depth of open pit: 1-5 m.
Length of stairway: 7-15 m. (18 steps).
i-lxvi. N 1581: see Reisner, Naga-ed-Der, I, p. 36: see Fig. 51.
Mastaba with simplified niching on south, west, and north (one compound and three simple niches);
preserved at SE corner only.

Measurements :
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
Minimum
13-0 m.
975 m-
i/i-33
126-75 sq. m.
Maximum
. 15-8 m.
975 m-
i/i-6
154-00 sq. m.
Around this an
enclosing wall 52
cm. thick stood
77 cm.
from the face of the mastaba on

the east (south and north) but was probably farther away on the west (valley side) (100-130 cm.).
I reconstruct it with a doorway on the southern end of the west side (cf. N 1506).
Substructure: open pit lined with c.b. and divided into a main chamber with two small chambers
at each end (cf. type I A (2), with stairway descending from valley side). Roofed with two or
three wooden roofs supported on (1) the c.b. walls, (2) the middle of the upper c.b. walls, and
(3) on the tops of the upper walls. Stairway entrance to main chamber roofed with wood and
blocked with c.b.

Measurements:
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
Overall .
. 8-3 m.
3’3 m-
1/2-4
26-5 sq. m.
Main chamber .
• 3’5 m.
2’35 m.
8-22 sq. m.
NE chamber
• i-3 m-
1-5 m.
1-36 sq. m.
NW chamber .
1-25 m.
o-95 m-
1-18 sq. m.
SE chamber
. 1-58 m.
1-05 m.
1-65 sq. m.
SW chamber .
• i-55 m-
1-05 m.
1-63 sq. m.

Total area of floors of burial chambers: 14-0 sq. m.
Relation of floor area to mastaba area: min. 1/9, max. 1/11.
Length of stairway: 5-5 m.
i-lxvii. N 1512: see l.c., p. 38.
Superstructure: no traces preserved.
Substructure: similar to N 1581 but upper roofing wall not so well preserved.

Measurements:
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
Overall .
6-9 m.
3-45 m.
1/2
23-46 sq. m.
Main chamber (c)
2-i m.
2’45 m-
5-15 sq. m.
Room A .
. 1-25 m.
0-91 m.
1-13 sq. m.
Room B .
1-25 m.
I-I5 m-
1-44 sq. m.