Mastaba Z500
The Mastaba Z500 is a tomb located in Saujet el-Arjan , which is of particular interest to Egyptology because of the important artifacts with the name of King Chaba that have been recovered there . It is not known who was actually buried in this mastaba. Aidan Dodson and Mark Lehner think it possible that it was the tomb of King Chaba.
The Mastaba Z500 has a north-south orientation and pointed when they were discovered remains of a niche - decorations on as for kings and high officials in the 3rd Dynasty was typical. The tomb is about 200 m north of the Chaba pyramid . Nabil Swelim sees the remains of an unfinished mortuary temple in the Mastaba Z500 , as the Mastaba does not contain any shafts or galleries, but only two large chambers with no typical grave elements. A little further to the east there are ruins, which the locals call El Gamal El Barek ("back of camels"). According to Swelim, both structures are part of the unfinished pyramid complex of the Chaba pyramid.
literature
- Rainer Stadelmann : Saujet el-Arjan. In: Rainer Stadelmann (author), Wolfgang Helck , Eberhard Otto (editor): Lexicon of Egyptology. Volume 5, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1984, ISBN 3-447-02489-5 , Sp. 496-497.
- Mark Lehner: Z500 and The Layer Pyramid of Zawiyet el-Aryan . In: Studies in honor of William Kelly Simpson Vol II. ( PDF ) Boston 1997, pp. 507-522
- Nabil Swelim: Some Problems on the History of the Third Dynasty - Archaeological and Historical Studies Volume 7. The Archaeological Society of Alexandria, Alexandria 1983, pp. 27-32, 180 & 219.
- Aidan Dodson: Zawiyet el-Aryan . In: Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt No. 37. American Research Center (Ed.), Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake 2000, ISSN 0065-9991 , pp. 84-85.
- Dows Dunham : Zawiyet el-Aryan - The Cemeteries Adjacent To The Layer Pyramid . Museum of Fine Art, Boston 1978, ISBN 978-0-87846-108-0 .
Coordinates: 29 ° 56 ′ 6.9 ″ N , 31 ° 9 ′ 37.5 ″ E