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117), or under a little portico supported by two square pillars without either base or abacus (fig.

118).

The doorway is very simple, the two jambs being ornamented with bas-reliefs representing the deceased, and surmounted by a cylindrical drum engraved with his name and titles.

In the tomb of Pohunika at Sakkarah the jambs are two pilasters, each crowned with two lotus flowers; but this example is, so far, unique.
[Illustration: Fig.

116 .-- Plan of forecourt, mastaba of Neferhotep.] [Illustration: Fig.


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