serdab

English

Etymology

From Arabic سِرْدَاب (sirdāb, “basement”).

Noun

serdab (plural serdabs)

  1. A sealed chamber in an Ancient Egyptian tomb that held the ka statue of a deceased person, having a small slit or hole to allow the soul of the deceased to move about freely.

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