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Vol.27.p.210

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Diary Transcription:

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Friday, December 6, 1935 (continued)

(5) G 4816
G 4816 A: In shaft. Total depth 7 meters. Limestone debris, dubsh and potsherds. Chamber II appears on west. Cut in rock. Blocked with dubsh and bound with mud above. Blocking left for photo.

(6) G 4911
G 4911 H: Removed the chamber blocking, and after drawing it we removed the roof of it which is in shaft I, because the chamber is very narrow and we can't photograph the body. Small stone, dubsh, mud bound from the blocking and stones from the roof. Body, head on north, left for photo.

G 4911 I: Removed the roof of chamber in H. Stones from the roof of chamber in H, black debris and some bones. We expose that the body was put in shaft above the roof of H. Drawing - the place in which the skeleton of chamber I is buried.

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 4911 K: Removed the body from the chamber, and cleared it. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

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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
    12/06/1935
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 4816

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4911

    • 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.