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Thursday, April 6, 1939

work on
(1) G 2076 A, B, D
(2) G 2077 D
(3) top of G 2232
(4) top of G 2233

Margin note: April 6-19, 30 (A-G), May 6 (BCD), 8 (BCD)
Margin note: April 6, 9, 15, 16, 19, 22 (A-D), May 6 (A-D), 8 (A-D)

(1) G 2076
G 2076 A: Removed the chamber blocking. It is cut in bad rock, rubble from the blocking. Body [39-4-12], head on north, left for photo.

G 2076 B: Removed the chamber blocking, cut in bad rock. Bound with gypsum, roofed with crude brick. Crude brick and rubble from the blocking, and dirty debris from the roof. Body [39-4-13], head west, broken bones, left for photo.

G 2076 D: Removed the chamber blocking. Built of crude brick: crude brick, rubble, and traces of mud from the blocking. Body [39-4-14], head on east: left for photo.

(2) G 2077
G 2077 D: Removed the chamber blocking. It is cut in bad rock, crude brick and mud. Body [39-4-15], head on north to east, left for photo.

(3) G 2232
[On top of the mastaba.] In removing debris to expose the remains of the lining and the shafts, sand, limestone debris, rubble, pebble, and stones. Exposed the lining on west and north. Also exposed some of the lining.

(4) G 2233
Exactly the same as G 2232.

cars emptied:
6:00 to 8:00: 135
8:30 to 12:00: 225
2:30 to evening: 240
Total: 600

Friday, April 7, 1939

work on
(1) top of G 2233 and east of it, room a

(1) G 2233
Top of G 2233 and east of it: Searching for the rest of shafts and the lining of the mastaba, sand, limestone debris, stones and pebble. Exposed five shafts (not numbered and not started in them). Also exposed a room and lettered it a.
Rest of shafts not yet exposed. Also the lining on east.

G 2233 a: In the room, sand, limestone debris, rubble and stones. Found in room debris: two fitting fragments of white limestone inscribed in sunk relief, two white limestone fragments in relief perhaps one of them belongs to the previous two fitting fragments, two small jars of pottery incomplete.

cars emptied:
6:00 to 8:00: 120
8:30 to 12:00: 270
2:30 to evening: 240
Total: 630

Saturday, April 8, 1939

work on
(1) East of G 2233 and room a

(1) G 2233
East of that mastaba in exposing the lining on east, sand, limestone debris, rubble, pebble and stones. Exposed part of the lining on east to the north. The southeast corner is not yet exposed. East of that mastaba appeared the lining of another mastaba but not yet exactly exposed.

G 2233 a: In the room. It is a stone room, east of the mastaba. In the west wall two uninscribed niches, and the room is undecorated. Door opened to east, drift sand and stones. Cleared.

cars emptied:
6:00 to 8:00: 120
8:30 to 12:00: 270
2:30 to evening: 280
Total: 670

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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
    04/06/1939; 04/07/1939; 04/08/1939
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 4

  • G 2076

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2077

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2232

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2233

    • 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.