AS 106. A small mud brick mastaba from Abusir South
AS 106. A small mud brick mastaba from Abusir South

Summary/Abstract: The anonymous mastaba AS 106 was archaeologically investigated by the Czech Institute of Egyptology in 2018. Its architectural layout remained quite well preserved, although it had suffered from looting activities in the past. The tomb consists of a rectangular north south oriented mastaba, which was constructed of mud bricks and sand bricks, creating its outer walls, and fill of limestone chips as its core. It contains two burial shafts and a cruciform chapel that were built into the masonry of the mastaba. The eastern wall of the mastaba is protected by a perimeter wall with an entrance to the tomb complex in the north. Although the name of the tomb owner as well as his titulary were not preserved, the architecture and pottery equipment point to his lower social position. The dating of the tomb was also based on its archi tectural and pottery analyses. Both denoted the early Fifth Dynasty. Two contexts with larger amounts of pottery discarded from the cultic places indicated that the mortuary cult at AS 106 lasted at least until the end of the Sixth Dynasty.

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