. Ancient Egypt. Egyptology. A pap}'nis boat brings nietit cuuifowl to the tomb of Uriis- aiikh. The boatman. slicM'n almost off balance, is in the act of forcing his forked pole into tlie mud to push tlie boat forward. 32 Traditionallv, the mastaba-tomb was longer in the north-south axis, with the entr\' to the chapel complex on the east side, hi the vast crowd of mas- tabas at Saqqara t his plan often had to be mod- ified. In the restricted space to the Unis com- plex, many courtiers built their mastabas on an cast-west axis, parallel to the causeway; but some, such as Unis-ankh's, wer
. Ancient Egypt. Egyptology. A pap}'nis boat brings nietit cuuifowl to the tomb of Uriis- aiikh. The boatman. slicM'n almost off balance, is in the act of forcing his forked pole into tlie mud to push tlie boat forward. 32 Traditionallv, the mastaba-tomb was longer in the north-south axis, with the entr\' to the chapel complex on the east side, hi the vast crowd of mas- tabas at Saqqara t his plan often had to be mod- ified. In the restricted space to the Unis com- plex, many courtiers built their mastabas on an cast-west axis, parallel to the causeway; but some, such as Unis-ankh's, were jammed into tight spaces like modern tovsaihouses and retained the north- south axis, but with the entry on the south, facing the temple of the king. Inside, the mastaba con- tained a complex of sLx chambers arranged along the south and west sides of the building and a large court\'ard in the south-center, from which offerings could be taken to the chapels. The portions now in the Field Museum include the exterior entryway, the vestibule of the chapel, and the main chajjel with its false door. The east, west, and south walls of the ante- chamber depict the progress of a funerary offering procession to the tomb, carrying produce from Unis-ankh's estates in Upper and Lower Eg\'pt. On the south wall are offering bearers, including men leading cattle. Part of the wall was left blank, be- cause the door, when open, would conceal it; at the rear of the procession, an awkward space was left by the sculptor, but later filled with a painted figure. On the east and west walls, this procession is partly transferred to small, papyrus-stalk boats which ferry the goods across the river (the registers are shorter on the east wall because of the door- way). As on the south wall, the composition was not fully planned, for we can see that one of the bearers in the third register was not given enough room; his arm is folded awkwardly in front of his chest and the man in front seems to step on h
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