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1、01-ROTHIntroductionPage11Thursday,August24,20006:03PMPartiAnalysisoftheCluster02-ROTHChapter1Page13Thursday,August24,20006:06PMChapter1:featuresofthecluster,focussingontheirvariabilityandtheirdistri-butionwithinindividualtombsandwithinthecluster.DESCRIP
2、TIONOFTHECLUSTERTheArchitectureoftheMastabasFoundation.Themastabasintheclusterappeartohavebeenbuiltdirectlyonbedrock.Reisnersurmisedthattherockformationuponwhichtheclusterrestswasavoidedduringthebuildingofthecorecemeteriesoflargemastabas.Hereasonedthati
3、tsirregularsurface,itssharpslopedowntothenorth,andthefrequencyof“badrock,”alayerofredgravelandflintnodulesthatoverliesitinsomeareas,madeitundesirable.Theslopeoftheunderlyingbedrockdowntothenorthcanbeseenclearlyintheshaftscutintotherockaswellastheelevati
4、ondrawnacrossanorth–southsectionofthecluster(pl.137).Thetombsofthispartofthecemetery,Reisnerconcluded,werehemastabatombspresentedinthisvolumeformawell-builtoverwhathadpreviouslybeen“adrainagegullythroughwhichdefined,largelycontiguousclusterintheWesternC
5、emeteryTrainwaterranofftheterraceintothewadyonthenorth.”2However,atGiza.Inadditiontothelocationoftheirtombs,allthethefactthatsubstantialmastabaswereeventuallybuiltinthisarea,ownersofdecoratedtombsintheclusterhadincommononeorandinotherareaswherethebedroc
6、kwasfarfromideal,castssomemoretitlesshowingsupervisoryresponsibilityoverthe∞ntjw-ßofthedoubtonthedegreetowhichEgyptianbuilderswerelimitedbysuchpalace.Thiscommonsphereofactivityrevealseachtombowner’sconsiderations.3rankrelativetotheranksofhisneighors.His
7、tombcanthenbecom-paredtohisneighbors’tombs,todeterminetheeffectsofdifferencesWallConstruction.Themastabatombsinthisgroupwerebuiltinrankonitscharacteristics.entirelyofstone,withtheexceptionofafewmud-bricklinedsec-Facilitatingthiscomparisonistheunusualexa
8、ctnesswithwhichondaryshaftsandsomerubble-builtstructuresofuncertainpurpose.itispossibletodatethetombsinthiscluster.TheircontiguityandThemastabasaresolidstructures,consistingofarubblefillretainedthetwoapparentshiftsintheorientatio