MASTABA; MASTABAH

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

In Mohammedan countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings and in public places.

2.
n.

(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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