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Vol.34.p.846

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Wednesday, December 27, 1939 (continued)

(1) G 5211 (continued)
G 5211. Sketch on mastaba.

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G 5211 A: In shaft and chamber. Lined above with rubble and cut in bad and good rock below. In the middle of the mastaba. Total depth 5.7 meters. Excavated before 3.5 meters. White limestone debris and pebble. Chamber on east. Cut in rock. No blocking. A built north-south coffin with lid partly removed only two stones remains in place on north. 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
    12/27/1939
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 5210

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 5211

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 5220

    • 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.