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ABC 884

Western Cemetery

Anonymous mud-brick mastaba located north of mastaba of Seneb (I) on the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery.

Details

  • Excavator
    Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr, 1907–1976
    Edward Brovarski
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    5 shafts
  • Remarks
    To the east of ABC 884 is a corridor chapel with an alternating pattern of four compound and four simple niches. The third compound niche from the south is by far the largest and there is a large embrasure opposite it, clearly marking this as the principal offering place. Extensive traces of mud plaster remain on the corridor and niche walls, while a patch of yellow-white gypsum plaster indicates that at least the principal niche was covered in gypsum plaster originally.

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski 2018

People 2

Modern People

  • Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates 1907–1976
    • Remarks Egyptian Egyptologist.

  • Edward Brovarski

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Egyptologist and co-director of the Cairo University-Brown University Excavations (CBE) in the Abu Bakr Cemetery.