Mastaba K1
Coordinates: 26 ° 18 ′ 9.4 " N , 31 ° 47 ′ 38.8" E
 
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Mastaba K1 is the name of an ancient Egyptian tomb superstructure near the present-day town of Beit Khallaf in Egypt . The mastaba was excavated in 1906. It is made of adobe bricks and originally measured about 85 × 45 × 8 meters and had a 16 ° orientation to the west. Inside, it contained eighteen chambers that were below ground level and could be reached by stairs. The remains of a male skeleton were found in the burial chamber, as well as wine jugs, sacks of grain and clay seals with the names of the king ( Pharaoh ) Netjerichet and Queen Nimaathapi . These finds allowed an assignment to the transition period from the 2nd to the 3rd dynasty . But who ultimately owned the grave is unclear. A special find is the fragment of a seal with the name of King Seth-Peribsen from the 2nd Dynasty .
literature
- Toby Wilkinson : Early Dynastic Egypt: Strategies, Society and Security . Routledge, London / New York 1999, ISBN 0-415-18633-1 , pp. 75-76.
- Dieter Arnold (Author), Helen Strudwick, Nigel Strudwick (Eds.): The Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture . IBTauris, London 2003, ISBN 1860644651 , p. 29 f.
Web links
- Mastaba K1-6; by Nabil Swelim (PDF file; 84 kB)