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Vol.36.p.939

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Sunday, March 31, 1940 (continued)

(4) G 2464b (continued)
G 2464 X: In shaft and chamber. Ends at rock. Lined with masonry. It is north of the mastaba. Total depth 2.25 meters, sand and limestone debris. Chamber on west built of stones and roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

(5) G 2467
On top of the mastaba in exposing the lining on north and the remains of the lining on east and west and the remains of shafts, sand, limestone debris, rubble, stones and dirty debris. Exposed all the lining. Also exposed five shafts more than shaft A. The shafts lettered A, C, D, E, X and not started with them. Work east of the mastaba. In the street between it and G 2476 for cleaning it. Found in debris: ten inscribed limestone fragments showing parts of figures and signs in relief and in sunk relief. Perhaps that stone from a room.
Also the men working north of that mastaba. Found in debris: ten small inscribed limestone fragments with traces of red paint, showing some signs in sunk relief, perhaps these fragments from a stela. Drawing of the mastaba and the shaft.

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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
    03/31/1940
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 2464b

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2467

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2476

    • 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.