serdab
/ser-dahb/US // sərˈdɑb //UK // (ˈsɜːdæb, səˈdæb) //
塞尔达布,塞尔达博,蛇形结构
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
Examples
The interior of a mastaba is composed of three parts—the chamber, the serdab, and the well.
So that the function of the serdab was to afford a safe and final asylum to the statues.
Serdab, ser′dab, n. a secret chamber within the masonry of an ancient Egyptian tomb in which images of the deceased were stored.
Once the statue was made a stone-house (the serdab) was provided for it above ground.
As the dolmen is a crude copy of the serdab it can be claimed as one of the ultimate results of the practice of mummification.
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