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Sunday, April 14, 1940 (continued)

(1) G 2474 (continued)
G 2474 X. Drawing of shaft.

G 2474 Y. Drawing of shaft.

G 2474 Z: In shaft and chamber. Ends at rock. Lined with rubble. It is in room b, west of G 2440. Total depth 2.02 meters, sand, limestone debris and rubble. Chamber on south built of rubble and roofed with slabs (four slabs). The southern stone is inscribed in sunk relief. No blocking. The inscribed stone left for photo. Chamber cleared. Drawing.

(2) G 2475
G 2475 A: In shaft. Lined above with masonry and cut in rock below. It is the first shaft in the mastaba on southeast and west of serdab. Total depth 3.25 meters, sand, limestone debris and rubble. Chamber on east cut in rock. No blocking, full of debris. Reached the rock in shaft and not started with the chamber.

G 2475 B: In shaft. Lined above with rubble and cut in rock below. It is north of A and south of C. Total depth 2.6 meters, limestone debris, rubble and dirty debris. Chamber on west cut in rock, blocked with rubble and limestone debris and bound with mud, left for photo.

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Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Expedition diary pages
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Display Page Dates
    04/14/1940
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 2440

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2474

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2475

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 2

Modern People

  • Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Translator
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Diary translator. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926). Brother of Mohammed Said Ahmed (Head Reis 1936-1939). Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.
  • Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1936–1939. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926) and brother of Mahmoud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator) and Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.