About The Word Mastaba
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Mastaba
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What's The Definition Of Mastaba?
[n] an ancient Egyptian mudbrick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mastaba: mastabah Related Terms | Find terms related to Mastaba: Mastaba In Webster's Dictionary \Mas"ta*ba\, n. Also Mastabah \Mas"ta*bah\ . [Ar.
ma[,c]tabah a large stone bench.]
1. In Mohammedan countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings
and in public places.
2. (Egyptology) A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite
dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping
sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes
of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in
the rock beneath.
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