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Wednesday, December 28, 1938 (continued)

(1) G 2095 (continued)
Drawing of G 2095 H.

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 2095 J: In shaft and chamber. Lined with rubble to the beginning of the bad rock. It is west of E and south of K. Total depth 1.3 meters, sand, red debris and pebble. Chamber on south built of rubble and crude brick and bound with gypsum and roofed with slabs and rubble. One of the roofing stones is an uninscribed stela, fallen in the chamber. No blocking. Body, head on north, broken because the fallen of the stela, left for photo.

G 2095 K: In shaft. Lined with rubble to the beginning of the rock. North of J and northwest of F. Down 1.05 meters, red debris, pebble and limestone debris. We found one stone and dubsh thrown in the shaft and we are not sure if they are roofing of a chamber or thrown from the debris. Left for photo.

G 2095 L: In shaft and chamber. Lined with stones to the beginning of the bad rock. On north lining destroyed only one course remains and in the chamber traces of bones. Chamber on south built of stones and roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 2095 M: In shaft and chamber. Lined with crude brick and ends at rock. West of I and north of L. Total depth 76 meters, sand, dirty debris. Chamber on south built of stones, only on south with crude brick. Roof gone. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 2095 X: In shaft. Lined with dubsh, only on east with stones to the beginning of the bad rock. It is near the northwest corner of the mastaba G 2094. Total depth 1.5 meters, sand, limestone debris, rubble, red debris and pebble. Chamber on south blocked with rubble and bound with mud, left for photo.

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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
    12/28/1938
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2095

    • 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.