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Vol.32.p.715

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Diary Transcription:

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Wednesday, July 6, 1938 (continued)

(3) G 4732 (continued)
G 4732 Y: In shaft and chamber. North of the mastaba and east of X. Ends at rock. Lined with crude brick and rubble. Total depth 50 cm, sand and limestone debris. Chamber on south, underneath G 4732. Built of crude brick and roof destroyed. Cleared.
Drawing of Y and sketch of G 4732 mastaba.

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(4) G 4741
G 4741 A: Shaft drawn by Mohammed and also the burial pit but without removing the lid (because the lid is very big and heavy and inside the coffin there was nothing but only a few traces of bones.). 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
    07/06/1938
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 4730

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4732

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4741

    • 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.