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Monday, March 27, 1939 (continued)

(2) G 2076 (continued)
G 2076 X: In shaft and chamber. Lined above with rubble on two sides, north and east and with crude brick on west and south and rock cut below. It is in room a on south. North of A. Total depth 1.65 meters, sand, dirty debris, limestone debris and rubble. Chamber on north roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

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G 2076 Y: In shaft and chamber. Lined with masonry, only on east with rubble. It is west of that mastaba to the south. Total depth 1.6 meters, drift sand. Chamber on north built of stones and roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

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G 2076 a: In that room. It is a crude brick room bound with mud and with traces of gypsum. It is east of C and D, sand, dirty debris, limestone debris and rubble. Door opened to north (now blocked with rubble). On west three crude brick niches (uninscribed). In the room on south is shaft X. Cleared on a crude brick floor above the rock.

(3) G 2077
Partly destroyed rubble mastaba, west of G 2076. Contains seven shafts: A-F, X, and room a.

G 2077 A: In shaft and chamber. Lined above with rubble and rock cut below. It is south of B and west of room a. Total depth 3.5 meters. Excavated before 70 cm, sand, drift sand, limestone debris, rubble stones and traces of bones. Chamber on west cut in rock. 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
    03/27/1939
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 2076

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2077

    • 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.