serdab

American  

[ser-dahb] / sərˈdɑb /

noun

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

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serdab British  

/ ˈsɜːdæb, səˈdæb /

noun

1. a secret chamber in an ancient Egyptian tomb

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Etymology

Origin of serdab

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

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Example Sentences

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serdab

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 G. (Gaston) Maspero

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 Bram Stoker

The serdab, I may perhaps explain," said Mr. Corbeck to me, "is a sort of niche built or hewn in the wall of a tomb.

From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker

There, in the very spot where I had expected to find it, was the opening of a serdab.

From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker

Depend upon it, there was—there is—a serdab; and that in it, when it is discovered, we shall find the lamps.

From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker

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