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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

mastaba , in Egyptian architecture, a sepulchral structure built aboveground. The mastabas of the early dynastic period (3200-2680 BC), such as those of the I dynasty at Sakkara, were elaborate, having many storage or offering compartments, and were quite evidently close copies of contemporary houses. Better known are the mastabas of the Old Kingdom (2680-2181 BC), which were an elaboration of the predynastic burial-pit and mound form. The typical mastaba was generally rectangular in plan with a flat roof and inward-sloping walls, built of brick and faced with limestone slabs.

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mastaba. Ancient Egyptian mausoleum, the exterior of which has battered sides, a flat roof, and is otherwise plain. The tomb-chamber was cut far underground. The step-pyramid at Saqqara evolved from a mastaba form.

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mastaba

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

mastaba •blubber, clubber, grubber, lubber, rubber, scrubber, snubber •Columba, cumber, encumber, Humber, lumbar, lumber, number, outnumber, rumba, slumber, umber •cucumber • landlubber •Addis Ababa • Córdoba •Aqaba • djellaba • mastaba •Berber, disturber, Djerba, Thurber

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