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Sunday, January 22, 1939 (continued)

(1) G 2098 (continued)
G 2098 F. drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 2098 G: In shaft. Lined with rubble on three sides, only on south with crude brick. Ends in bad rock. It is east of E and north of F. Total depth 1.1 meter, sand, dirty debris and pebble. Chamber on north blocked with rubble without bound, left for photo.

G 2098 H: In shaft and chamber. Lined with rubble and ends at rock. It is southwest of I. Total depth 90 cm, limestone debris and rubble. Chamber on south built of rubble. Roof gone. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 2098 I: In shaft and chamber. Lined with masonry topped with rubble. It is east of F and G. Total depth 2.1 meters, drift sand. Chamber on north built of stones and roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 2098 Y: In shaft. It is cut in rock. Only on east one course of stones. It is in southwest corner of room a, down 1.9 meters, white limestone debris. Chamber on east cut in rock, blocked with two vertical slabs and above them horizontal stone built with mud and bound with plaster, intact. Blocking left for photo.

G 2098 room a: In room, limestone debris, sand and pebble. Found in debris: uninscribed plaster fragments. After clearing the floor of the room we round in the southwest corner a shaft and numbered Y. On southwest of the room we found the bottom part of an uninscribed and decayed stela. Also in front of the northern stela we found a stone with two basins (uninscribed) one on north and the other on south and between them is a circle and also south of that stone is another one also uninscribed. Left in place.

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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
    01/22/1939
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2098

    • 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.