con-nexion with the history of this form ofsepulchre. In the case numbered IJ, thestaircase descends for a metre and a half, andleads only to a small sijuare space at tlie foot,where presumably the burial had been laid.This is the type of construction numbered 4on Plates XIX, XX. Other instances… … ENCLOSED VAULT OF TOMB R 72. FROM W ENCLOSED VAULT OF TOMR R 56 FROM S REQAQNAH. MASTABA TOMBS. R 75. AND R 50; lll°-IV^ DYNS. 16.
