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)

DESCRIPTION OF TOMBS OF TYPE II C
Type II C. Open pit lined with c.b.; with single chamber and stairway,
i-lxviii. QS 2105: see Quibell, Archaic Mastabas, p. 19; Dyn. II?: see Fig. 52.
Superstructure: c.b. filled two-niche mastaba; with two unequal niches. Jars in trench.
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area
Overall . . . 31-4 m. 15-1 m. 1/2 474 sq.m.

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SAQQARAH QS 2105
Fig. 52: Quibell, Archaic Mastabas, pl. I

Substructure: pit partly sunk in rock (?); lined with c.b.; one chamber roofed with wood; stairway
from valley side; length of stairway 3-7 m.; portcullis stone.
Measurements:
N-S
E-W Prop.
Area
Relat.
Overall .
4-3 m.
7-1 m. 1/1-64
28-8 sq. m.
1/20
Floor
3-78 m.
6-28 m. i/i-66
2374 sq-m-

Note that the chamber has its long axis E-W and is entered from the end as the tomb of
Wedymuw.
i-lxix. Tarkhan 2038: see Tarkhan, II, pl. XVIII, p. 4: see Fig. 53.
Superstructure: filled c.b. mastaba with palace-fafade panelling; enclosing wall, 1-05 m. thick all
round; distant from footing of mastaba, 1-5 m. on east and 0-75 m. on the other three sides;
entrance to corridor chapel at south end of east wall, through an ante-room. Corridor on east
face closed at each end and probably roofed over.
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area Relat.
Overall . . . 32-25 m. 12-75 m- ll2'5 411-1 sq. m. 1/25
Substructure: open pit cut in rock (?); re-used later; lined with wood (Wainwright) or c.b.; approach
by a stairway descending from north and opening into chamber from east.