Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 121. Plan of forecourt, mastaba ofNeferhotep. The chapel itself was generally small, and outof all proportion with the size of the building ( - ,.. ? ^..^, 124), but there was no precise rule todetermine its the tomb of Ti(fig. 125) there issuccessivel57a portico(a), a square ante-chamber with pillars(b), a passage (c), with a small chamber on the right(d) opening into a final chamber (e). There is plentyof space for more than oneperson of importance, andthe in
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 121. Plan of forecourt, mastaba ofNeferhotep. The chapel itself was generally small, and outof all proportion with the size of the building ( - ,.. ? ^..^, 124), but there was no precise rule todetermine its the tomb of Ti(fig. 125) there issuccessivel57a portico(a), a square ante-chamber with pillars(b), a passage (c), with a small chamber on the right(d) opening into a final chamber (e). There is plentyof space for more than oneperson of importance, andthe inscriptions show thatthe wife of Ti reposedthere with her tomb was not so com-plicated when it was in-tended for one person short narrow gallery leads to an oblong chamiber,which crosses it at right angles. The rear wall is often straight, and thewhole resembles a well-balanced hammer (). In other cases thewall is recessed oppositethe entrance, and givesthe form of a cross withthe head considerably. Fig. 122.—Door in facade ofmastaba.
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