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 II

Other large tombs with three chambers:
2-viii. N 1584: see l.c., p. 52. One small chamber at each end of main chamber. The dividing walls
between main chamber and end chambers were built after the corbel had reached a height of
ten courses and are bonded with the corbel only above that course; plastering uniform over all
walls. Outer doorway roofed with wood, see Fig. 128.



N.S5I5 section A-B
Fig. 56. Naga-ed-Der, I.


Depth of open pit . . . 2-55 m.
Height of the c.b. mass . . 2-o m.
Height of main vault . . . 1-35 m.
Length of stairway . . . 4-0 m.
For other measurements see table below.
2-ix. N 1572: see l.c., p. 53. Main chamber with two end chambers at east end; otherwise similar
to N 1586 but with long E-W axis and stairway from the north; doorway roofed with
wood.
Depth of open pit . . . 2-63 m.
Height of c.b. mass . . . 2-5 m.