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Vol.32.p.721

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Diary Transcription:

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Thursday, July 7, 1938 (continued)

(4) G 4833 (continued)
G 4833 A. Drawing of shaft.

[ILLUSTRATION]

Friday, July 8, 1938

Work on
(1) G 4614 A - G

(1) G 4614
A masonry mastaba, south of the big mastaba G 4610 and west of G 4611. Contains seven shafts.

G 4614 A: In shaft and chamber. East of D and south of G. Lined above with masonry and rock cut below. Total depth 6.4 meters. Limestone debris, stones and sand. Chamber on south. Cut in rock. No blocking. Burial pit higher than the floor of the chamber (on north the lining destroyed). Partly cut in rock and partly built of rubble and stones. Roofed with slabs. One of the roofing slabs on south destroyed. Empty. 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
    07/07/1938; 07/08/1938
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 4

  • G 4610

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4611

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4614

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4833

    • 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.