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 54
of a tomb ofthe Sixth Dynast)-. MODELS OF HOUSES. 27 the royal tombs were supported on great woodenbeams nearly 20 feet in length. The stone roofingin several mastabas at Saqqara of the Fifth Dynastyis carved to imitate a roofing of beams. To judge from the wall scenes, a large use seems tohave… … Fig. 28. ■Fafade of a Fourth Dynasty house, from the sarcophagusof Khiifii Poskhu. Hasan are painted to represent ceiling beams withmatting stretched between. The stelae, tombs, andcoffins of the Old Kingdom occasionally furnish uswith drawings that show us the doorways of theperiod (fig. 27), and…
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