Osirisnet Adds Meryteti’s Mastaba
The mastaba of Meryteti is located just north of the pyramid of Teti and is a part of the Mereruka mastaba complex.
“The mastaba/chapel of Meryteti consists of five chambers, a burial shaft and burial chamber. Chamber C2 was almost certainly a storeroom, whilst C5 was the serdab. Chambers C1, C3 and C4 are decorated, the walls of the remainder were left blank. All decorated walls, with the exception of the false door in C3 (which is incised), are in raised relief; the quality of which was not the highest and actually declines with progress through the chambers (C4 being the worst). The thicknesses of the entry passageway from Mereruka’s chamber A13, those of C1 to C3, and C3 to C4, are also decorated.
The false door of C3 was, and still remains, painted to represent red granite. This is also true of the ceilings of the three decorated passageways. Small patches of colour indicate that perhaps some of the major figures were originally painted. Most of the paint has long since disappeared. This creates a marked contrast between the highly coloured chambers of his father and those of these chambers.”
There are five pages of detailed information and data on Meryteti’s mastaba including many photos and diagrams making Osirisnet one of the most informative online resources for Mastabas. The Mereruka mastaba section of the website has also recently been updated.
Visit Osirisnet to view the entry on Meryteti.
