Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 124.—Plan of cliapel in mastaba of Khabiusokari, Fourth Dynasty. gallery (fig. 129) ; or again in the tomb of Ftahhotepthe available area was hemmed in between earlierconstructions, and was not large enough. Here the. Fig. 125.—Plan ofchapel in mas-taba of Ti, FifthDynast}. Fig. 126.—Plan of chapelin mastaba of Shep-sesptah, Fourth Dy-nasty. Fig. 127.—Plan otchapel in mastabaof Affi, Saqqara,Fourth Dynast}. new mastaba was combined with the earlier one bymaking the entrance
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 124.—Plan of cliapel in mastaba of Khabiusokari, Fourth Dynasty. gallery (fig. 129) ; or again in the tomb of Ftahhotepthe available area was hemmed in between earlierconstructions, and was not large enough. Here the. Fig. 125.—Plan ofchapel in mas-taba of Ti, FifthDynast}. Fig. 126.—Plan of chapelin mastaba of Shep-sesptah, Fourth Dy-nasty. Fig. 127.—Plan otchapel in mastabaof Affi, Saqqara,Fourth Dynast}. new mastaba was combined with the earlier one bymaking the entrance common to both, and the chapelof the one was enlarged by the whole of the spaceoccupied by the other (fig. 130). 36 TOMBS. The chapel was the reception-room of the the relatives, friends, and priests celebrated thefunerary sacrifices on the days prescribed by law, atthe feasts at the beginning of the seasons, at the feastof Thoth, on the first day of the year, at the feast of Uaga, at the great feast ofSothis, at the procession ofthe god Min, at the feastof loaves, at the feasts ofthe months, the half months,and of the days. Theofferings were deposited inthe principal hall at thefoot of the west wall at the precise spot where theentrance to the eternal house was indicated. At firstthis was marked by an actual
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