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Vol.32.p.727

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Diary Transcription:

microfilm: begin page 727

Wednesday, September 21, 1938 (continued)

(1) G 4525 (continued)
G 4525 C. Drawing of the shaft.

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G 4525 D: In shaft. Lined above with stones and crude brick and rock cut below. It is north of C. Total depth 1 meter. Sand, limestone debris, rubble and red debris. Ends at rock. No chamber. Drawing, of the shaft and a sketch of the mastaba.

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(2) G 5020
G 5020 Y: In shaft and chamber. Lined above with rubble and rock cut below. It is east of the mastaba on north. Total depth 2.9 meters. Drift sand and dirty debris and broken mud brick below. Chamber on north. Cut in rock. 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
    09/21/1938
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 4520

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4525

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 5020

    • 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.