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Vol.32.p.679

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Diary Transcription:

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Friday, June 17, 1938 (continued)

(1) G 4413 (continued)
G 4413 B: Removed the body from the chamber. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

(2) G 4414
On the top of the mastaba. On north, search for shafts. North of shaft B. Limestone debris, dubsh, sand and stones. No other shafts exposed in that place.

(3) G 4415
G 4415 B: Removed the chamber blocking. Stones, dubsh, mud bound, and sand in the chamber. Body, head on north, left for photo.

Saturday, June 18, 1938

Work on
(1) G 4321 A, B, C
(2) G 4421 A, B

(1) G 4321
G 4321 A: Removed the chamber blocking. Dubsh, mud bound and sand. Body, head on north, left for photo.

G 4321 B: Removed the chamber blocking. Dubsh, mud bound and in the chamber sand and limestone debris. Body, head on north, left for photo.

G 4321 C: Removed the roof and the blocking of the chamber. Body, head on north, left for photo.

(2) G 4421
Small stone mastaba. East of G 4420 and south of G 4422. With two shafts A, B.

G 4421 A: In shaft and chamber. It is south of B. Lined above with rubble and stones and cut in rock below. The shaft excavated before and recleared it for drawing. Total depth 3.8 meters. Drift sand and paper. Chamber on south. Cut in rock. No blocking. Found in chamber debris: pottery jar and part of the neck missing. 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
    06/17/1938; 06/18/1938
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 5

  • G 4321

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4413

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4414

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4415

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4421

    • 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.