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Saturday, April 13, 1940 (continued)

(2) G 2473
G 2473 A: In shaft and chamber. Lined above with masonry and cut in rock below. It is south of B. Total depth 5.0 meters, sand, limestone debris, red debris and traces of bones. Chamber on west cut in rock. No blocking. The chamber was full of bad rock debris.
Found in chamber debris:
three limestone canopic jars with their lids [40-4-41]
four copper kohl sticks (complete) [40-4-42]
one copper kohl stick (broken in two) [40-4-42]
four broken fragments of kohl sticks (copper) [40-4-42]
one copper chisel broken in three [40-4-42]
eight fragments of copper chisels [40-4-42]
nineteen faience pendants [40-4-43h]
three faience cylinder beads (holes vertically) [40-4-43]
three semicircular end pieces of faience [40-4-43g]
__ faience cylinder beads [40-4-43]
__ faience [ring] beads [40-4-43]
Drawing of shaft.

G 2473 B: In shaft. Ends at rock. Lined with rubble. It is north of A and south of C. Total depth 2.1 meters, sand, limestone debris and rubble. Ends at rock. Found in shaft debris: fragment of basis of a limestone statuette (showing parts of feet and toes). Ends at rock. No chamber.

G 2473 C: In shaft. Lined with rubble. It is north of B, down 1.9 meters, sand, limestone debris and rubble. Chamber in shaft running east-west and roofed with slabs with traces of mud, left for photo.

(3) G 2474
G 2474 A: In shaft and chamber. Lined above with rubble and cut in rock below. It is north of B and south of C. Total depth 3.2 meters, sand, limestone debris, rubble and dirty debris. Chamber on west cut in rock. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

G 2474 B: In shaft. Lined above with rubble and cut in rock below. It is south of A. Total depth 1.65 meters, sand, limestone debris and rubble. Ends at rock. No chamber.

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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
    04/13/1940
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 2473

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2474

    • 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.