Skip to main content

Vol.03.p.036

:

Diary Transcription:

microfilm: begin page 36

Saturday, February 17, 1912 (continued)

[death of Faris, continued]
past two days oxygen has been used but his strength could not hold up. All relatives given afternoon off to go to hospital for funeral.
Showed party over works including the Postmans, Mrs. Beale and a friend.

[G 2184]
The whole of the beautiful chamber is now cleared. Its place is thus: [ILLUSTRATION]
An entrance hall 1 whose east side "d" is of mud brick plastered and painted the lower part a deep band of black, above a row of donkeys and goats. Legs of large male figure. All upper part gone. On face "c" of fine sloping limestone, beautifully preserved figures and inscription, heads however (top course of masonry) missing. The principal figure is unique. Instead of standing in the formal rigid attitude, this man [Akhmerutnisut] is leaning on a staff under left shoulder, leaning his weight on right leg. The left is drawn back [ILLUSTRATION in handwritten diary]. Colors well preserved.
Inside

microfilm: end page 36

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
    02/17/1912
  • Author
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Mentioned on page
    Faris
    Mrs. Beale
    Akhmerutnisut (G 2184)
    Mr. and Mrs. Postmann

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2184

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 4

Ancient People

  • Akhmerutnisut (G 2184)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 2184. Limestone seated statue (MFA 12.1482) inscribed for Akhmerutnisut, identified as [rx nswt smr jmj-r st n xntjw-S n pr-aA] royal acquaintance, companion, overseer of the department of palace attendants of the Great House; found in situ in G 2184 inner room of chapel. North and south false doors and architrave in west wall of interior chapel inscribed for Akhmerutnisut; in situ in G 2184 (interior chapel previously blocked by later phases of construction). False door in niche (blocking entrance to interior chapel) in west wall of inner room of chapel inscribed for Akhmerutnisut; found in situ in G 2184. Also appears on painted block (MFA 13.6040) from this false door; found displaced. South false door in west wall of outer room of chapel inscribed for Akhmerutnisut; west and south walls (MFA 13.4352) found in situ in G 2184. Architectural elements (drum lintel and jambs of entrance to inner room of chapel) inscribed for Akhmerutnisut, identified as [jmj-r st xntjw-S n pr-aA jmj-r Xrjw-a nswt n pr-aA wab nswt] overseer of the department of palace attendants of the Great House, overseer of the royal authorizations of the Great House, royal wab-priest; also appears in chapel relief (east door jamb of entrance to inner room of chapel, west wall of outer room of chapel, identifying inscriptions not preserved in all cases); west and south walls of outer room of chapel (MFA 13.4352) found in situ in G 2184. Fragments of displaced door frame (MFA 47.1886 + MFA 47.1887 + MFA 47.1888 + MFA 47.1889 + MFA 47.1890 + MFA 47.1891 + MFA 47.1892 + MFA 47.1893 + MFA 47.1894) inscribed for Akhmerutnisut, identified as [jmj-r st xntjw-S n pr-aA jmj-r Xrjw-a nswt n pr-aA] overseer of the department of palace attendants of the Great House, overseer of the royal authorizations of the Great House. Fragment of displaced lintel (MFA 47.1895) inscribed for Akhmerutnisut, identified as [jmj-r st xntjw-S n pr-aA jmj-r Xrjw-a nswt n pr-aA nb jmAx xr nb=f wab nswt rx nswt] overseer of the department of palace attendants of the Great House, overseer of royal authorizations of the Great House, possessor of reverence before his lord, royal wab-priest, royal acquaintance. Limestone offering basin (36-10-4) made from lintel inscribed for Akhmerutnisut, identified as [jmj-r st xntjw-S n pr-aA] overseer of the department of palace attendants of the Great House; found reused in G 2421 X. Roth (Mummies & Magic, p. 87) suggests: "If this lintel was not taken from the tomb of the elder [Akhmerutnisut] (there is no obvious place in that tomb to restore it), it may have been taken from a lost chapel built by his son."

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1876–1941
    • Remarks Archaeologist and architect. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

  • Faris

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Relative of Said Ahmed Said (Head Reis 1906-1926); expedition worker (died of pneumonia, February 1912).

  • Mrs. Beale

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Visitor

Groups 1