Mastaba /(?)/

Mas·ta·ba

Mastaba

n.
  1. In Muslim countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings and in public places.
  2. A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in the rock beneath. (Egyptology)