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Diary Transcription:

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Friday, May 27, 1938

Work on
(1) G 4121 A

(1) G 4121
G 4121 A: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 7.2 meters. Limestone debris, rubble and stones thrown in shaft in front [of] the chamber. Chamber on south, cut in rock. No blocking. In the west side of the chamber a north-south rock cut coffin with lid. (the lid is of one big stone broken in two pieces, displaced). Nothing in the coffin. Found in debris west of the coffin:
6 copper blades, 3 round blades and 3 square blades,
2 complete and 4 broken and not complete,
2 copper axe heads (small) and 4 small fragments from copper objects.
Drawing.

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Saturday, May 28, 1938

Work on
(1) G 4121 C, D, E, F, G, H, I

(1) G 4121
G 4121 C: In shaft. It is west of A and north of H. Lined with rubble to the beginning of the rock. Total depth 1.15 meters. Drift sand and limestone debris. Ends at rock. No chamber. Drawing.

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G 4121 D: In shaft. It is west of E. Lined with rubble to the beginning of rock. Total depth 1.5 meters. Sand and rubble. Ends at rock. No chamber. 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
    05/27/1938; 05/28/1938
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4121

    • 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.