Meydum, Mastaba
of Nefermaat and Atet (no. 16)
(4th Dynasty, time of Snefru
- about 2600 BC)
the mastaba was first excavated 1871-1872 by Auguste Mariette
1892 Petrie tried unsuccessfully to locate the tomb chamber
1900 Petrie, Wainwright and Mackay found the chamber empty
measurements: 120 x 68 m (8160 square metres)
the mastaba was built in several steps
| Nefermaat - who was he? | notes
on the decoration | Atet - who was she ?
Bibliography:
- Mariette 1889: 473-477 (one
of the earliest short descriptions of the mastaba)
- Petrie 1892: 14-15, 24-27,
pl.V, VII, XVI-XVIII (the original publication)
- Petrie/Mackay/Wainwright
1910: 4, 18-22, pl. III-IV (on the tomb chamber)
- Petrie/Wainwright/Mackay
-1912: XV-XVI (tomb chamber and finds)
- Sethe 1933: 7 (copy of the inscription
of pl. XXIV)
- Smith 1937 (reconstruction of
the paintings in the chapel of Atet)
- Badawy 1954: 170, fig. 112
(summary on the architecture of the tomb)
- J. Borkowski/ G. Majecherek, in El-Khouli
1991: 22-34, pl. 13-25 (report on restoration work at the mastaba with
detailed plans and photographs)
- Brock, in El-Khouli 1991:
35-42, pl. 28-39 (on the paintings in the chapel of Atet)
- Osing 1994: 282-283 (on the
reading of the inscription mentioning the decoration
of the tomb)
- New York 1999: 199-204 (exhibition
catalogue with reliefs and paintings from the tomb, with good colour photographs)
- Arnold 2000 173 (on the architecture)
- Harpur 2001: 21-47, 55-94 (detailed
research on the decoration and architecture of the mastaba)
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