serdab
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of serdab
1835–45; < Arabic sirdāb underground chamber < Persian sardāb cellar for ice, equivalent to sard cold + āb water
Example Sentences
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Plan of serdab in mastaba at Gizeh 131.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)
Perhaps you do not know that the entrance to a serdab is almost always very narrow; sometimes a hand can hardly be inserted.
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Stoker, Bram
Plan of serdab and chapel in mastaba of Thenti 133.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)
The Ka statues of his servants and family, which in former times were placed in the serdab with those of the master, were now consigned to the vault, and made on a smaller scale.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)
As for the figures which were merely painted on the walls of the chapel, they detached themselves, and assumed material bodies inside the serdab.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)
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