mastaba

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A mastaba is a flat-roofed, rectangular tomb with outward-sloping sides.

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  1. noun An ancient Egyptian tomb with a rectangular base, sloping sides, and a flat roof.

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  • According to Lanny Bell, a visiting scholar of Egyptology at Brown University, first came the mastaba, a flat-roofed tomb with sloping sides. —  Esquire.com Article Feed
  • Like the tombs of Idi / Nekhty, Weni, and Iuu, this tomb is a mastaba style tomb. —  Egyptology News
  • A mastaba is a flat-roofed, rectangular tomb with outward-sloping sides. —  Egyptology News
  • Inside the mastaba, a deep shaft is dug into the ground, with the burial chamber at the bottom. —  Egyptology News
  • Brought to New York and reconstructed, the mastaba, the upper chamber of the tomb, now welcomes visitors into the museum's impressive gallery of Egyptian art. —  Egyptology News
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  1. Arabic maṣṭabba, stone bench, from Aramaic misṭubbā, perhaps of Persian or Greek origin.

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  1. Arabic mastaba or mastaba, a stone or mud bench.
 

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/ˈmæstəbə/
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