serdāb (English spelling) serdab

...Later, an entrance was made on the east side, and a false door (a niche in the shape of a door for worship that connects the dead with the living) was placed on the northeast side, making it a small funeral chamber. From the end of the 3rd Dynasty, cross-shaped chambers began to be built within the tomb walls, and from the 4th Dynasty onwards, the chambers within the tombs developed, some with galleries, and serdāb (a closed room containing a statue of the dead, with a rectangular or circular peephole) was built on the south or north side of the shrine. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "serdāb" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…その後東側に入口がつくられ，北東側に擬扉false door(死者と生者を結びつける，礼拝用の扉の形をした龕)が置かれ，小型葬祭室となった。第3王朝の終りころより十字形の室を墓壁内につくるようになり，第4王朝以後では墓内の室は発達し，回廊をもつものも現れ，祀堂の南または北側にセルダーブserdāb(死者の彫像を収めた密室。長方形ないし円形の覗き穴をもつ)がつくられるようになった。…

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