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Monday, April 15, 1940 (continued)

(1) G 2443 (continued)
G 2443 Z: Removed the bones of the body from the chamber and cleared. Found empty. Drawing.

(2) G 2444
G 2444 A: Removed the chamber blocking. Built of rubble and roofed with slabs, stones, rubble and white limestone debris from the blocking. North-south rock cut coffin without lid, in the coffin is a contracted skeleton. "Male," head north, left for photo.

G 2444 B: Removed the chamber blocking. Built of rubble and roofed with slabs, limestone debris and rubble and traces of mud from the blocking, body, tight contracted skeleton, head north: female, left for photo.

G 2444 C: Removed the chamber blocking. Built of rubble and roofed with slabs, rubble and limestone debris. Body, loose contracted skeleton, head north: female, left for photo.

(3) G 2444a
G 2444a A: Removed the chamber blocking. Built of rubble and roofed with slabs, rubble. Body, tight contracted skeleton, head north. Bones stuck with silt deposited with rain: female, left for photo.

G 2444a B: Removed the chamber blocking. Built of rubble and roofed with slabs, rubble, and mud from the blocking. Body, contracted skeleton, "child", bones broken, left for photo.

(4) G 2445
G 2445 X: Removed the bones of the body from the chamber: male. Also removed the debris which was below the body and found nothing. Cleared. Drawing.

G 2445 Z: Removed the bones of the body from the chamber. Male of small age. Cleared. Empty. 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
    04/15/1940
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 2443

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2444

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2445

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 3

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.