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Thursday, February 1, 1940 (continued)

(1) G 2435 (continued)
G 2435 Z: In shaft and chamber. Lined with masonry and only little parts underneath on east and south. Ends in limestone filling. It is north of Y, in the street between that mastaba and G 2430. Total depth 2.5 meters. Sand, limestone debris, rubble and stones. Chamber on north. Built of crude brick only on west some masonry underneath. Roofed with slabs. No blocking. That chamber was built on the roof of another chamber. Cleared. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

(2) East of G 2438
Margin Note: East of G 2438, small bits of granite.
East of that mastaba in removing the old dump. In exposing the remains of the lining on east to the north. Sand, limestone debris, rubble, big stones, dirty debris and granite fragments. Remains of lining on north not yet exposed.

The Mudir (Dr. Reisner), Mr. Frank, Miss Perkins, Miss Ginger and Mahmoud Said visit the excavations this afternoon at about 3:30 p.m. Everybody full of hope that that will bring great luck to the expedition, and hoping that sooner will be some statuette "Inshaallah".

The morning we start to bring water in the expedition lorry and we stopped the camels. The Mudir was so kind and he employed the son of the owner of the camels to be the water lorry.

Friday, February 2, 1940

Work on:
(1) east of G 2438

(1) East of G 2438
East of that mastaba. In removing the old dump. In exposing the remains of the lining on east to the north. Sand, limestone debris, rubble, dirty debris and stones. Margin Note: G 2438 objects. Found in debris: Inscribed limestone fragment with one sign in relief, small inscribed limestone fragment with part of a sign in relief. Remains of lining in that slide not yet exposed.

Saturday, February 3, 1940

Work on:
(1) G 2435 X
(2) east of G 2438

(1) G 2435
G 2435 X: Removed the two inscribed stones which we discovered on February 1, in the building of the chamber on west. One of the stones showing two figures with their upper parts missing (in relief). Sketch of the stone.

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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
    02/01/1940; 02/02/1940; 02/03/1940
  • Mentioned on page
    Dorothy Ginger
    Evelyn Esther Perkins, British
    Francis Olcott Allen
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 2435

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2438

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 6

Modern People

  • Dorothy Ginger

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Friend of Reisner's secretary Evelyn Perkins; often present at Harvard Camp, Giza, during the 1930s and 1940s; later married a Mr. White to become Dorothy Ginger White.

  • Evelyn Esther Perkins

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates British
    • Remarks Secretary to George Reisner

  • Francis Olcott Allen

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Archaeologist/Egyptologist for the Harvard University--Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

  • 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.