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Vol.36.p.944

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Diary Transcription:

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Saturday, April 6, 1940 (continued)

(1) G 2440 (continued)
G 2440 D: In shaft. Total depth 4.2 meters, drift sand and limestone debris. Ends at rock. No chamber.

G 2440 E: In shaft and chamber. It is cut in rock below. Total depth 6.4 meters, sand, limestone debris, rubble and red debris. Chamber on west cut in rock. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

G 2440 F: In shaft, lined with rubble. It is north of E and south of G, down 3.6 meters, sand, limestone debris and rubble. Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.

G 2440 G: In shaft and chamber I. Lined with rubble, it is north of F, down 3.4 meters, sand, limestone debris and rubble.
Chamber I: on north, built of rubble and roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Empty. Not reached the rock in shaft and reached chamber II.

Sunday, April 7, 1940

work on
(1) G 2440 F, G, and north of it
(2) G 2443 B, E, F, Y, Z
(3) G 2445 Y, Z

(1) G 2440
G 2440 F: In shaft and chamber. It is cut in rock below. Total depth 6.2 meters, limestone debris and rubble. Chamber on north very small cut in rock. Perhaps no body was buried in it. It is unfinished. No blocking. 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
    04/06/1940; 04/07/1940
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 2440

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2443

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2445

    • 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.