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

TOMB TYPES OF DYNASTY II

M3

2-cvii. QS 2406: see l.c., pl. XXX, p. 38. See Fig. 59.
Superstructure: filled c.b. mastaba, with two niches; exterior c.b. chapel around southern (larger)
niche, of great-door type.
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area
Overall . . . 30-0 m. 13-8 m. 1/2-1 414 sq. m.

Substructure: see Fig. 66; rock-cut; stairway descends from north, 4-5 m. long; portcullis; wide
corridor with two rooms on each side; small ante-room with room on west and entrance to four
rooms on east (latrine, &c.); hall and burial-chamber.
Measurements:

Floor area:
Burial chamber .
Hall ....
Rooms 1-8 .
Total area room floors
Wide corridor
Small ante-room .
Total floor area

4-86 sq. m.
6-98 sq. m.
29-66 sq. m.
• 4I-5 sq-m-
. 10-92 sq. m.
. 2-31 sq. m.
• 5473 sq. m.

Relation of floor area to mastaba area: 1/7-5.

2-cviii. QS 2313: see l.c., pl. I, p. 32. See Fig. 58.
Superstructure: filled c.b. mastaba with two niches (southern niche larger, of great-door type);
corridor.
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area
Overall . . . 21-4 m. io-o m. 1/2-1 214 sq.m.
Substructure: rock-cut; stairway descends in c.b. from east, turns south, then east, then south in
trench in limestone; stone-lined; portcullis; underground chambers (no plan or measurements
given); length of stair, 14-6 m. long.
2-cix. QS 2315: see l.c., pl. I, p. 33. See Fig. 58.
Superstructure: filled c.b. mastaba; two niches (southern niche larger); pots in filling.
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area
Overall . . . 19-8 m. 10-4 m. 1/1-9 205-9 sq. m.
Substructure: rock-cut; stairway from east, turns south (3 + 5-6 = 9-5 m.); portcullis; seven under-
ground chambers.
2—ex. QS 2452: see l.c., pl. II, p. 41. See Fig. 59.
Superstructure: filled c.b. mastaba, with two niches (southern niche larger, of great-door type).
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area
Overall . . . 25-86 m. 13-17 m. 1/1-95 231sq.m.
Substructure: stairway, 6-6 m. deep; 5 m. long; portcullis; two exterior rooms; wide corridor with
large room on west and two small on east; probably hall and burial chamber; no plan or measure-
ments given.