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Thursday, May 19, 1938 (continued)

(1) G 2086 (continued)
G 2086 B: Removed the body from the chamber. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

(2) G 4121
On the top of the mastaba on south and west. Search for the lining of the mastaba and for the southwest corner for drawing. Drift sand. Nothing exposed yet.

Friday, May 20, 1938

Work on
(1) G 4121

(1) South of G 4121
South of this mastaba. Search for the lining of the mastaba on south and in exposing the lining of the mastaba south of it. Drift sand. The mastaba lining not yet exposed on south. Only two shafts exposed and not numbered yet.

Saturday, May 21, 1938

Work on
(1) G 4121

(1) South of G 4121
South of the mastaba. Search for the lining on south and in exposing the lining of the mastaba south of it. Drift sand. Nothing exposed yet.

Sunday, May 22, 1938

(1) G 4121 (see May 21)

Rifai arrived from Quft.

Monday, May 23, 1938

Work on
(1) G 4121

(1) South of G 4121
South of this mastaba. In exposing the lining of the new mastaba south of it and the corners on south. Exposed the lining of the mastaba on south and the corners on south. The mastaba is a stone mastaba partly destroyed. Not numbered yet. In it we expose two shafts and a small serdab. The shafts not lettered and not started in them.

Mohammed left for Quft.

Tuesday, May 24, 1938
Day of rest.

Wednesday, May 25, 1938

Work on
(1) G 4121 B

(1) G 4121
G 4121 B: In shaft. It is north of A and south of E. West of the mastaba chapel. Lined above with small stones and dubsh and rock cut below. The lining on east destroyed. The shaft exposed before but had no tomb card. Down 4.5 meters. In the shaft we found three stones, two big and one small. Two stones inscribed in relief (not yet removed). Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.

Drawing of G 4121 and G 2122 on page 668.

Thursday, May 26, 1938

Work on
(1) G 4121 A

(1) G 4121
G 4121 A: In shaft. South of B, north of G, and east of C. Lined above with stones and rock cut below. Down 4.7 meters. White limestone debris, rubble, stones and drift sand. Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.
We could not work in shaft B because the two stones in the shaft. Waiting for order to remove them or leave them in place, because they are two big stones.

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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
    05/19/1938 through 05/26/1938
  • Mentioned on page
    Rifai Abd-el-Azim
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 2086

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 4121

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 3

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.
  • Rifai Abd-el-Azim

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Expedition worker at Giza.