Synonyms for mastaba


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mas-tuh-buh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæs tə bə


Définition of mastaba

  • As in pyramid : noun monument
Example sentences :
  • At El Kab they have been already mentioned as occurring in mastaba wells.
  • Extract from : « El Kab » by J.E. Quibell
  • We have thus explored, with Mariette, the outside of the mastaba.
  • Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
  • There is an example of this in a mastaba at Gizeh (Fig. 120).
  • Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
  • The interior of a mastaba is composed of three parts—the chamber, the serdab, and the well.
  • Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
  • It may seem that in considering the mastaba before the pyramid we have reversed the natural order.
  • Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
  • In Figs. 116-119 we give the plan and three sections of a mastaba at Gizeh which has four serdabs.
  • Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
  • This passage, which is not high enough to allow one to walk upright, does not run quite parallel to the axis of the mastaba.
  • Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
  • A different arrangement had therefore to be devised from that adopted in the case of the mastaba.
  • Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
  • From these he concludes that the principles of the mastaba and the pyramid were sometimes combined under the ancient empire.
  • Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
  • The mastaba deserved therefore to be very carefully studied.
  • Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot

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