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Vol.34.p.891

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Diary Transcription:

page 891

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Monday, February 12, 1940

Work on:
(1) G 2435
(2) G 2436 A, B, X
(3) G 2438 A, B, C, D, X

(1) G 2435
G 2435 X: In removing the west wall of the chamber. Searching for inscribed stones and in clearing the lower part of the niche. Stones, limestone debris mixed with red debris. No inscribed stones found. Only they cleared the lower part of the niche.

(2) G 2436
Margin Note: G 2436 shafts.
G 2436 A: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 4.4 meters. Sand, limestone debris, and dirty debris. In the chamber limestone debris mixed with red debris. Chamber on west. Cut in rock. No blocking. Reached the rock in shaft, but chamber not yet cleared.

G 2436 B: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 5.65 meters. Sand, dirty debris, limestone debris and rubble, in the chamber red debris and traces of bones. Chamber on west. Cut in rock. No blocking. In the chamber a built north-south stone coffin without lid. Margin Note: G 2436 B objects. Found in debris west of the coffin: cylinder faience beads, white, black, and green, small faience disc bead, white, black and green, faience pendant bead (green). Cleared. Drawing.

G 2436 X: In shaft. Total depth 3.38 meters. Sand, limestone debris, rubble and dirty debris. Chamber on south. Blocked with one stone and rubble and bound with mud. Left for photo.

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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
    02/12/1940
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 2435

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2436

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2438

    • 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.