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Thursday, April 18, 1912 (continued)

cut away in the dressing. One however seems clearly to be [GLYPHS].
At the northeast corner of G 4340 is an addition built of large well dressed blocks. Its limits are slightly over the boundary line.
The room of mud brick at G 4330 is now clear. It is 1.4 meters wide by 3.56 meters long. The walls are covered with a thin stucco pinkish white in color. Against the north wall resting on debris 25 cm above the floor is a [ILLUSTRATION] shaped pottery stand of brown red ware. In the southwest corner are flat slabs of stone built into the walls and projecting into the room.

[ILLUSTRATION]

End of part written by Mr. Fisher, continued by Reisner.

Friday, April 19, 1912

Arrived at Cairo from Girga at 7 a.m. Yesterday morning I wired to Luxor for two berths on sleeper for Dr. Derry (who stopped at Girga to measure Masheed skulls) and myself, but

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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
    04/18/1912; 04/19/1912
  • Mentioned on page
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
    Douglas Erith Derry, British, 1874–1961
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Author
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 4240

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4330

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4340

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 5

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

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

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

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

  • Douglas Erith Derry

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates British, 1874–1961
    • Remarks Anatomist and anthropologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.