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Vol.19.p.557

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Diary Transcription:

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Thursday, October 14, 1926

Work on:
(1) G 7000 X

(1) G 7000 X
No. 1148: See pages 1219/1220, 1227, A4315.
Copper razor (?) with wooden handle in place [ILLUSTRATION]
Both edges of blade are blunt - a new razor? Handle length 4.9, originally 7.5+/-, width top 2.75, originally 4.1, thickness .9, originally 1.8

Wheeler made plan of area 1118, see page 1231, scale 1:1.

No. 1118: See page 1227 and A4315.
(808)-(827) inlays etc., as before (as No. 701, etc.)

No. 1158: See page 1227 and A4315.
Fragment of rilled sheet, gold [ILLUSTRATION]

No. 1118:
(828)-(831) INLAYS SEE PAGE 1231.

No. 1160: See page 1231.
Fragment rilled pole band [ILLUSTRATION]

No. 1147: See page 1231 etc, A4315.
Copper razor (?) [ILLUSTRATION]
Part of wooden handle resting on tang

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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
    10/14/1926
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Mentioned on page
    Noel F. Wheeler, British

Tombs and Monuments 1

Published Documents 4

People 2

Modern People

  • 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.

  • Noel F. Wheeler

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates British
    • Remarks Wheeler was a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy according to George A. Reisner's, "A HIstory of the Giza Necropolis, Vol. I."