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Friday, March 29, 1940

work on
(1) G 2461 A-H, X, Y
(2) G 2461a A, B, X
(3) G 2462 A-D, X, Y
(4) G 2462a A, B
(5) G 2463a A
(6) In street west of G 2464
(7) West of G 2474
(8) G 2475 and serdab

(1) G 2461
G 2461 A: In shaft and chamber. Ends at rock. Lined with rubble. It is west of the room of the mastaba and north of G 2186. Total depth 75 cm, dirty debris, sand and limestone debris. Chamber on west built of stones and roofed with slabs. Two roofing stones missing on north. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

G 2461 B: In shaft and chamber. Lined above with masonry topped with rubble and rock cut below. It is south of C and east of F, down 3.75 meters, limestone debris and rubble. In the shaft on east is a small cut in rock, perhaps was going to be a chamber but unfinished. Shaft going on below that cutting. Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.

G 2461 C: In shaft and chamber. Lined above with masonry and cut in rock below. It is north of B, south of D and east of G. Total depth 2.6 meters, sand, limestone debris, rubble and dirty debris. In the shaft on east is a cutting, perhaps was going to be a chamber but unfinished it. Chamber on north cut in rock. No blocking. Body, contracted skeleton, head west wrapped in linen (decayed). Body left for photo.
Found in shaft debris in front of the chamber: waist of a limestone statuette with the right arm with traces of yellow color, the left shoulder is touching arm of another statuette with traces of red color.

G 2461 D: In shaft and chamber. Ends at rock. Lined with rubble. It is north of C and east of H. Total depth 1.05 meters, limestone debris and rubble. Chamber on north built of rubble and roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

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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
    03/29/1940
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 9

  • G 2186

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2461

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2461a

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2462

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2462a

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2463a

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2464

    • 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.