Note 228 — Chapter III · (continued 2)
Walter Armstrong translation
Description de l'Égypte, vol. v. p. 643. See also in the plates, Antiquités, vol. v. Pl. xvi. Fig. 2. According to Jomard, the surbase of the second pyramid was in two parts—a stylobate, 10 feet high and 5 feet thick, and a plinth about 3 feet high.