serdab
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of serdab
1835–45; < Arabic sirdāb underground chamber < Persian sardāb cellar for ice, equivalent to sard cold + āb water
Example Sentences
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The serdab, I may perhaps explain," said Mr. Corbeck to me, "is a sort of niche built or hewn in the wall of a tomb.
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Stoker, Bram
The serdab, therefore, was transformed, and combined with the stela of the ancient mastabas.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)
The hiding of the lamps in the serdab, and the institution of the avenging 'treasurer' shows that there was defence, positive as well as negative.
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Stoker, Bram
Depend upon it, there was—there is—a serdab; and that in it, when it is discovered, we shall find the lamps.
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Stoker, Bram
The word serdab is merely the Arabic word used by the native workmen, which has been adopted and converted into a technical term by European archæologists.
From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot
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