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Vol.36.p.949

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Thursday, April 11, 1940 (continued)

(1) G 2445 (continued)
G 2445 Y. Drawing of shaft.

(2) G 2461
G 2461 B: Removed the bones of the body from the coffin "female." Nothing found. Empty. The shaft is drawn but not photographed because the bones were broken and the chamber was very narrow. Cleared. Drawing.

G 2461 C: Removed the bones of the skeleton from the shaft and cleared it. Drawing.

G 2461 Y: Removed the chamber blocking. It is built of stones but only on north with stones and roofed with slabs, rubble and mud from the blocking. Body, tight contracted skeleton, head north, (bones broken), left for photo.

(3) G 2461a
G 2461a A: Removed the chamber blocking, built of stones and roofed with slabs. Stones from the blocking and sand in the chamber. Body, tight contracted skeleton, head north, bones broken and disturbed.

(4) G 2462
G 2462 D: Removed the chamber blocking, built of rubble and roofed with slabs, stones, rubble, mud brick and traces of mud from the blocking. Body, tight contracted skeleton, head north, around the body and the bones black mud and traces of wood, 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
    04/11/1940
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 2445

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2462

    • 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.