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Vol.34.p.858

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Saturday, December 30, 1939 (continued)

(3) G 5235 (continued)
G 5235 C: In shaft. Lined with rubble to the rock. It is north of B and west of the serdab. Total depth 2 meters. Sand, limestone debris and rubble. Ends at rock. No chamber. Type 7 X.

G 5235 E: Rock cut tomb. Cut in rock. Passage running east-west. In the passage is a stone perhaps the lid of the coffin. E is east of the mastaba. Sand and drift papers. Chamber on west. Cut in rock. Door opened to east. Unfinished north-south coffin. The roof of the chamber is broken through shaft A. The roof of the street is cut in rock, only on east two stones at the beginning of the door. Cleared. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

[Sketch of mastabas G 5237 and G 5236]

[ILLUSTRATION]

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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
    12/30/1939
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 5235

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 5236

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 5237

    • 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.