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TOMB TYPES OF DYNASTY III
QS 2429.
Fig. 76. Quibell, Archaic Mastabas,
pl. XXX
Measurements:
Floor areas:
Burial-chamber ....
Hall.
Rooms 3-11, inside
Total area of inside rooms .
Wide corridor ....
Total floor area inside
Exterior rooms Nos. 1-2
Total .....
Summary:
Total room floor area
Wide corridor ....
Total .....
Relation of room area to mastaba area
675 sq. m.
. 7-31 sq. m.
. 46-59 sq. m.
60-65 S<1- m-
11-56 sq. m.
72-21 sq. m.
18-7 sq. m.
90-91 sq. m.
• 79'35 sq. m.
11-56 sq. m.
. 90-91
1/8.
3-cvi. QS 2309: see l.c., pl. I, p. 31.
Superstructure: see Fig. 58; filled c.b. mastaba with two
niches; on south, simplified great door; open corridor
chapel (?).
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area
Overall . 21-7 m. 10-4 m. 1/2 225-7 sq. m.
Substructure: stairway descends from north, 3 m. long, and ends in shaft (?); ‘underground chambers’
not described (no plan).
3-cvii. FS 3030: information supplied by Mr. Quibell from Mr. Firth’s notes; examined by W. S.
Smith.
Superstructure: filled c.b. mastaba; southern niche, converted into a cruciform chapel or a modified
cruciform chapel by stone masonry; according to Firth, paved with yellow limestone and traces
of wood along west wall which may indicate a wooden stela; subsidiary northern niche cased
in stone. Corridor along east face.
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area
Overall 38-8 m. 28-6 m. 1/1-9 799 sq.m.
Substructure: type IV B; shallow shaft.
DESCRIPTION OF MEMPHITE TOMBS OF TYPE IV B (2), SINGLE CHAMBER
3-cviii. QS 2103: see l.c., p. 18.
Superstructure: see Fig. 58; filled c.b. mastaba with two niches; on south, plain compound niche.
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area
Overall . . . 20-7 m. io-i m. 1/2 209-9 sq. m.
Substructure: stairway descends from south, 4 m., ending in shaft with portcullis groove; chamber
to north.
3-cix. QS 2436 + 2437: see l.c., p. 40; twin mastaba with two stairway+shafts.
Superstructure: see Fig. 59; filled c.b. mastaba with cruciform chapel and subsidiary niche; exact
form obscured by addition and other walls.
TOMB TYPES OF DYNASTY III
QS 2429.
Fig. 76. Quibell, Archaic Mastabas,
pl. XXX
Measurements:
Floor areas:
Burial-chamber ....
Hall.
Rooms 3-11, inside
Total area of inside rooms .
Wide corridor ....
Total floor area inside
Exterior rooms Nos. 1-2
Total .....
Summary:
Total room floor area
Wide corridor ....
Total .....
Relation of room area to mastaba area
675 sq. m.
. 7-31 sq. m.
. 46-59 sq. m.
60-65 S<1- m-
11-56 sq. m.
72-21 sq. m.
18-7 sq. m.
90-91 sq. m.
• 79'35 sq. m.
11-56 sq. m.
. 90-91
1/8.
3-cvi. QS 2309: see l.c., pl. I, p. 31.
Superstructure: see Fig. 58; filled c.b. mastaba with two
niches; on south, simplified great door; open corridor
chapel (?).
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area
Overall . 21-7 m. 10-4 m. 1/2 225-7 sq. m.
Substructure: stairway descends from north, 3 m. long, and ends in shaft (?); ‘underground chambers’
not described (no plan).
3-cvii. FS 3030: information supplied by Mr. Quibell from Mr. Firth’s notes; examined by W. S.
Smith.
Superstructure: filled c.b. mastaba; southern niche, converted into a cruciform chapel or a modified
cruciform chapel by stone masonry; according to Firth, paved with yellow limestone and traces
of wood along west wall which may indicate a wooden stela; subsidiary northern niche cased
in stone. Corridor along east face.
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area
Overall 38-8 m. 28-6 m. 1/1-9 799 sq.m.
Substructure: type IV B; shallow shaft.
DESCRIPTION OF MEMPHITE TOMBS OF TYPE IV B (2), SINGLE CHAMBER
3-cviii. QS 2103: see l.c., p. 18.
Superstructure: see Fig. 58; filled c.b. mastaba with two niches; on south, plain compound niche.
Measurements: N-S E-W Prop. Area
Overall . . . 20-7 m. io-i m. 1/2 209-9 sq. m.
Substructure: stairway descends from south, 4 m., ending in shaft with portcullis groove; chamber
to north.
3-cix. QS 2436 + 2437: see l.c., p. 40; twin mastaba with two stairway+shafts.
Superstructure: see Fig. 59; filled c.b. mastaba with cruciform chapel and subsidiary niche; exact
form obscured by addition and other walls.