MASTABAH

mastaba, mastabah

(noun) an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; “the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

mastabah (plural mastabahs)

Alternative form of mastaba

Source: Wiktionary


Mas"ta*ba, n. Also Mas"ta*bah . [Ar. maçtabah 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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