Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 256
mastaba is a massive structure, rectangular on plan, withfour faces of plain walling, each being inclined at a stated angletowards their common centre. This inclination has led somepeople to assert that it is nothing more than an unfinished pyramid.Such an idea is refuted, however, by the fact that… … Fig. 106.—Actual condition of a mastaba. The tomb of Sabou. Drawn by Bourgoin. more justly compared to the space comprised between two hori-zontal sections of an obelisk, supposing the obelisk to have anoblong base. The major axis of the rectangle upon which these structures areplanned, always runs…
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