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Wednesday, March 25, 1925 (continued)

(3) G 7632 (continued)
G 7632 A [sub-pit e = A IX] (continued): These are from Dynasties 27 - 30 in date and some bear the incised name of Nesiptah child of Tesheshay [Tashamsha]. Inside the coffin there were 18 + 273 = 291 of these to the east outside 17 + 105 = 122, and to the west outside 8 + 60 = 68. The pot and east side of the coffin having been removed the outline of the base of the coffin was found. The remains of the body (head north) were left lying on this for a photograph to be taken tomorrow. Total number of ushabtis: inscribed 43, uninscribed 438 = 481

[GLYPHS/ILLUSTRATION]

[ILLUSTRATION]

Restoration of coffin. Head end probably shaped as for human body. Height of body inside about 1.80. Thickness of wood 12 near head, 7 near feet. Length of coffin 215 width at head 86, at feet 25. The lid may have been of anthropoid shape.

G 7632 A Room 2 [= A IV]. The body in this room having been photographed, work was resumed upon it this afternoon. Several more ushabtis were found under the body and inside the coffin, of which several bore the same name as on (page 275). The "collar" mentioned on the same page is now seen to have been a bead shroud which had completely wrapped the body from neck to feet. Over the region of the solar plexus was found a fine obsidian scarab, uninscribed.

G 7632 A Room 6. This is a small recess in the south wall of the main hall of G 7632 A, somewhat below and west of room 5. It was blocked with three thin flakes of limestone, mortared together and well concealed from a casual glance. Opened this afternoon it was found to contain a small wooden coffin.

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 7632 A Pit C [sub-pit c = A VI]. In the east wall of the chamber of this pit there is a similar recess, broken through by pit E [sub-pit e = A IX]. A body can be seen within. Yet another, blocked, may be seen in the north wall of pit C.

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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
    03/25/1925
  • Mentioned on page
    Nesiptah (in G 7632)
    Tashamsha (in G 7632)
  • Author
    Thomas Richard Duncan Greenlees, British, 1899–

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7632

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

People 3

Ancient People

  • Nesiptah (in G 7632)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Daughter ([ms n] born) of Tashamsha. Set of ca. 395+ inscribed and uninscribed ushabtis (25-3-263), with ca. 44 (MFA 25.4857 – MFA 25.4900) inscribed for Nesiptah (uninscribed ushabtis from this set attributed to Nesiptah); found in G 7632 A, chamber of sub-pit e = A IX, in and beside wood coffin.

  • Tashamsha (in G 7632)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Mother of Nesiptah. Name appears on inscribed ushabtis from set of ca. 395+ inscribed and uninscribed ushabtis (25-3-263), with ca. 44 inscribed for Nesiptah (uninscribed ushabtis from this set attributed to Nesiptah); found in G 7632 A, chamber of sub-pit e = A IX, in and beside wood coffin.

Modern People

  • Thomas Richard Duncan Greenlees

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates British, 1899–
    • Remarks Thomas Richard Duncan Greenlees, born South Africa, Sivaratri, March 10, 1899. British subject with a Scottish father and an English mother. For a brief period during 1925 he was a staff member of Harvard University--Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, who later joined the Theosophist movement in India. Greenlees received his MA degree in 1922 from Oxford, where he studied Egyptian, Coptic and Arabic. April 2,1925, Greenlees appointed Assistant Curator of Egyptian Art at MFA.