Mastabatoom

• mastaba: a flat-roofed clay building used to mark a burial site in ancient Egypt; the forerunner of the pyramid
  • Wikipedia
  • Evolution of Egyptian Tombs

• batou: (Japanese) sword or scabbard (possible phallic imagery?)

• toom: (adj.) empty; (v.t.) to empty → the empty tomb as a sign of Christ's resurrection

• toom: (n.) a rubbish tip → the kitchen midden, or rubbish tip, in HCE's backyard → see Dumb!

• tomb: (n.) a "mastaba tomb" would be a burial site

• Atum: Early Egyptian deity - the first god, who created himself (suggestive of a ricorso). A hermaphrodite. Created the other deities either by coupling with his own shadow or out of his own semen (suggesting a masturbatory act), depending on the tradition. Had two aspects - one as the 'young' rising sun and one as the 'old' setting sun (a cycle of death and rebirth)
  • Atum
  • Nefertum

• masturbation

• Mastabatoom: an onomatopoeic word representing the sound of Tim Finnegan's fall