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 III

Measurements:
N-S
E-W
Mastaba 1
86-o m.
65-3 m-
Mastaba 2
. 94-4 m.
73’8 m.
Mastaba 3
103-1 m.
82-2 m.
Pyramid 1
109-9 m.
128-0 m.
Pyramid 2
• 113'5 m.
130-9 m.
Enclosure
646-0 m.
263-6 m.

Prop.
Area
i/i’3
5,816 sq. m.
J/3
6,960 sq. m.
!/2-5
8,475 sfl- m-
l/l-2
14,067 sq. m.
l/l-2
14,857 sq. m.
170,285 sq. m. (includ-



THEZOSER PYRAMID.(J-/?^
Fig. 68

Substructure: exploration not yet completed; deep open pit cut in the rock, contains a granite
chamber (burial-chamber); approached by a long passage cut in the rock and open above, but
entering a tunnel in the rock to reach the north wall of the pit above the roof of the burial-
chamber; burial-chamber entered by hole in the roof (closed by a plug stone).
Measurements of main apartments:
Open pit: 6-8 m. (N-S) xy-o m. (E-W).
Depth from surface of rock to bottom of pit: 28-5 m.
to floor of chamber: 24-96 m.
to top of roof of chamber: 22-25 m-