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TOMB TYPES OF DYNASTY II
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was entered by a doorway from the outer corridor, there appear to have been three rooms and
an ante-room to the entrance to the burial-chamber. South of the burial-chamber the divisions
of a long room, also entered by a doorway from the outer corridor, were not recovered (perhaps
also three or four magazines). The magazines communicated with one another by doorways.
Measurements:
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
Overall .
18-0 m.
15-0 m.
l/l-2
270-0 sq. m.
Inside the walls
• i5'9m-
12-9 m.
194-0 sq. m.
Central part
13-0 m.
9-8 m.
127-5 s9- m-
ABYDOS. TOMB or PERIBSEN
Fig. 54. Petrie, R.T., II, pl. LXI
Floor area:
Main chamber . 67 m. 2-8 m. . . 1876 sq. m.
6 rooms each . 2-o m. i-o m. (area 2-0 sq. m.) 12-0 sq.m.
S inner corridor ... . . . . c. 12-0 sq. m.
N corridor .... .. . . 12-0 sq. m.
5476 sq. m. or more
Outer corridor, total
area .... . . . . 73'33 sfl- m-
Total floor area ... . . . . 128-09 sq. m.
Height of c.b. walls as preserved, 2-3 m. Neither Petrie nor Amelineau gives a section or any
measurements for the depth. The width of all the rooms was less than 2 m.; that of the main
chamber was 2-8 m. Corbel vaults spanning such widths were found (cf. N 1515, main cham-
ber, 3-45x3-0 m.). The main chamber of Zer measured 13-2x11-8 m. (wooden chamber,
8-5X8-5 m.), of Zet, 12-8x9-4 m. (wooden chamber, 9-2 x6 m.); and of Qay-'a, 10-5x5-7 m.
Amelineau thought the magazines were roofed with wood.
The tomb of Peribsen presents no subsidiary cemetery under the superstructure such as was found at
the tombs of Semerkhet and Qay-'a. But it may be inferred from the tomb of Khasekhemuwy that
sati-burials in the main tomb continued to be made. But the number and the placing of these burials
cannot be determined. It is clear that the greater part of the magazines which are immediately around
the small main chamber contained funerary furniture for the greater part, but a small number of persons
may have been included (say ten to fifteen). The exterior corridors seem to reflect the long trenches
around the tomb of Qay-'a which contained food offerings in a small part of the floor area. It is plausible
to assume that these corridors of Peribsen may also have contained similar materials. Possibly that they
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was entered by a doorway from the outer corridor, there appear to have been three rooms and
an ante-room to the entrance to the burial-chamber. South of the burial-chamber the divisions
of a long room, also entered by a doorway from the outer corridor, were not recovered (perhaps
also three or four magazines). The magazines communicated with one another by doorways.
Measurements:
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
Overall .
18-0 m.
15-0 m.
l/l-2
270-0 sq. m.
Inside the walls
• i5'9m-
12-9 m.
194-0 sq. m.
Central part
13-0 m.
9-8 m.
127-5 s9- m-
ABYDOS. TOMB or PERIBSEN
Fig. 54. Petrie, R.T., II, pl. LXI
Floor area:
Main chamber . 67 m. 2-8 m. . . 1876 sq. m.
6 rooms each . 2-o m. i-o m. (area 2-0 sq. m.) 12-0 sq.m.
S inner corridor ... . . . . c. 12-0 sq. m.
N corridor .... .. . . 12-0 sq. m.
5476 sq. m. or more
Outer corridor, total
area .... . . . . 73'33 sfl- m-
Total floor area ... . . . . 128-09 sq. m.
Height of c.b. walls as preserved, 2-3 m. Neither Petrie nor Amelineau gives a section or any
measurements for the depth. The width of all the rooms was less than 2 m.; that of the main
chamber was 2-8 m. Corbel vaults spanning such widths were found (cf. N 1515, main cham-
ber, 3-45x3-0 m.). The main chamber of Zer measured 13-2x11-8 m. (wooden chamber,
8-5X8-5 m.), of Zet, 12-8x9-4 m. (wooden chamber, 9-2 x6 m.); and of Qay-'a, 10-5x5-7 m.
Amelineau thought the magazines were roofed with wood.
The tomb of Peribsen presents no subsidiary cemetery under the superstructure such as was found at
the tombs of Semerkhet and Qay-'a. But it may be inferred from the tomb of Khasekhemuwy that
sati-burials in the main tomb continued to be made. But the number and the placing of these burials
cannot be determined. It is clear that the greater part of the magazines which are immediately around
the small main chamber contained funerary furniture for the greater part, but a small number of persons
may have been included (say ten to fifteen). The exterior corridors seem to reflect the long trenches
around the tomb of Qay-'a which contained food offerings in a small part of the floor area. It is plausible
to assume that these corridors of Peribsen may also have contained similar materials. Possibly that they