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Sunday, March 1, 1914
G 4821
Pit and chamber G 4821 B finished.
East of G 4720
Worked continued east of G 4720 on sand debris.
G 4733
Pit and chamber G 4733 E entirely cleared finding a few more common beads, fragments of copper, a piece of gold plate, and seven more models (alabaster).
Monday, March 2, 1914
Men's day off.
Tuesday, March 3, 1914
East of G 4720
Work continued all day removing sand debris east of G 4720.
Wednesday, March 4, 1914
East of G 4720
Work as yesterday, exposing two intermediate crude mastabas, and clearing hard mud debris at bottom of street east of G 4720.
Thursday, March 5, 1914
East and south of G 4720
Work as yesterday. Work also started south and southeast of G 4720 clearing sand debris and exposing the north ends of two well faced mastabas.
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Friday, March 6, 1914
South and southeast of G 4720
Work continued in street south and southeast of G 4720 removing sand and limestone debris. Two small fragments of clear alabaster were found southeast.
G 4710
Work started clearing sand from pit in G 4710 at 2 p.m. progressing at the rate of 1 meter an hour.
East of G 4720
Work finished in street east of G 4720.
Sandstorm continuing all day.
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- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Display Page Dates
- 03/01/1914; 03/02/1914; 03/03/1914; 03/04/1914; 03/05/1914; 03/06/1914
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- Author
- Louis Caulton West, American, 1882–1972
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates American, 1882–1972
- Remarks Worked on the MFA-Harvard expedition from 1912-1914 according to the preface of George A. Reisner's, "A History of the Giza Necropolis, Vol I." Harvard graduate, c.1912.
