Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 173
of mastaba, Saqqara, , . , . , Sixth Dynasty. ^^^ich was the sarcophagus. Above the sarcophagus therewas a limestone chamber of the same length andbreadth as the sarcophagus, and about 3J feet high,covered with a flat ceiling of stone slabs. x-\ nichewas constructed at the end or to the right to… … SIXTH DYNASTY MASTABAS, SAQQARA. I47 up to the level of the platform. The chamberoccupies about two-thirds of the cavity, and lookslike an oven with the mouth open. Sometimes thechamber was only completed after the interment, andthe stone walls actually rest on the cover of thesarcophagus (fig.…
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