The Theban Necropolis was later an important site for mortuary temples and mastaba tombs. Before Djoser, pharaohs were buried in mastaba tombs. The mastaba is surrounded by two mudbrick walls. Nearby is the Dendera necropolis, a series of mastaba tombs. Directly north of the mastaba were the tombs for Unas's son Unasankh and daughter Iput. He arranged for her burial in a magnificent mastaba excavated by Jacques de Morgan. Her tomb is a large mastaba tomb, with another off-center mastaba placed above it. Alternatively, Stadelmann proposes a huge mastaba at Meidum as Huni's burial. The mastaba itself was once pretty large and contained large niches and chapels. The chapel for Nebet's mastaba contains four recesses. Its carriage house was designed to look like a "mastaba". Nefermaat was buried in mastaba 16 at Meidum. The most relevant precedent is found at Saqqara mastaba 3038 ( 2700 BC). The term "mastaba" comes from the Arabic word for "a bench of mud". The innermost one is about ten metres away from the mastaba on all sides.