serdab

[ ser-dahb ]

noun
  1. a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.

Origin of serdab

1
1835–45; <Arabic sirdāb underground chamber <Persian sardāb cellar for ice, equivalent to sard cold + āb water

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serdab

/ (ˈsɜːdæb, səˈdæb) /


noun
  1. a secret chamber in an ancient Egyptian tomb

Origin of serdab

1
C19 (earlier, in the sense: cellar): from Arabic: cellar, from Persian sardāb ice cellar, from sard cold + āb water

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