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Diary Transcription:

microfilm: West diary, begin page 16

January 15, 1913 (continued)

[Menkaure quarry cemetery MQ 120 (continued)]
The remaining walls were not dressed, but on the north is a great niche of which the upper half is half done and the lower part not yet begun. On the sides of the door leading into this chamber are two standing reliefs of Serhu [Serehu], both facing the east.
[MQ 124] Over the door leading to c on above map is a two-line inscription with two seated figures at the right: one with a scepter the other with a tall staff. The inscription reads: [GLYPHS]
[see original manuscript page 14 for corrections of glyphs not noted in typewritten copy]
On the door lintel is the inscription: [GLYPHS]
The owner's name, Thenty [Tjenti], is a common one.

East of MQ 134 and extending to MQ 131 is a hard layer of limestone chips resting on the rock. In this are broken limestone blocks of various sizes, many quite small. In this limestone debris, in front of MQ 121, about 20 cm above the rock, is a thin layer of mud which can hardly be a lining floor, as is makes a sharp bend upwards. A small section only has been uncovered: the section being [ILLUSTRATION]. Its origin will perhaps be disclosed by

microfilm: West diary, end page 16

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
    01/15/1913
  • Mentioned on page
    Serehu (MQ 120)
    Tjenti (MQ 124)
  • Author
    Louis Caulton West, American, 1882–1972

Tombs and Monuments 6

  • MQ 120

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • MQ 121

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • MQ 124

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • MQ 131

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • MQ 134

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • Menkaure Quarry

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

People 3

Ancient People

  • Serehu (MQ 120)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of MQ 120. Chapel entrance lintel inscribed for Serehu, identified as [rx nswt sHd wabw Hrj-sStA nTrj-MnkAwra jmj-r DADAt nTrj-MnkAwra] royal acquaintance, inspector of wab-priests, secretary of the pyramid of Menkaure, overseer of the jury of the pyramid of Menkaure; in situ in Menkaure quarry cemetery MQ 120.

  • Tjenti (MQ 124)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of MQ 124. Chapel entrance lintel and drum lintel inscribed for Tjenti, identified as [rx nswt pr-aA jmj-r st swt Spswt pr-aA jmj-r srw sHD wabw nTrj-MnkAwra] royal acquaintance of the Great House, overseer of a department (and of) the august places of the Great House, overseer of officials, inspector of wab-priests of the pyramid of Menkaure; in situ in Menkaure quarry cemetery MQ 124.

Modern People

  • Louis Caulton West

    • 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.