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Monday, March 4, 1929 (continued)
(5) G 7000 SE 123 - 127
No. 123 [G 7000 SE 123]: Height 1.1 meters. Built of mud brick, roof broken. Debris of rubble and sand. Cleared.
No. 124 [G 7000 SE 124]: Mud coffin, painted and plastered. Colored design on upper part. Lower part broken, and bones showing.
No. 125 [G 7000 SE 125]: Mud coffin, in debris, plastered. Bones visible.
No. 126 [G 7000 SE 126]: Height .53 meters. Built of rubble. Room on east, roof broken. Cleared.
No. 127 [G 7000 SE 127]: Height 1.1 meters. Built of rubble. Room on west, roof broken. Cleared.
Tuesday, March 5 1929
Day of rest.
Wednesday, March 6 1929
Twenty-fifth day of work.
Locals: 51 (half day)
Cars (line XIII):
6:30 - 8:00: 30
8:30 - 12:00: 39
total: 69
Work on:
(1) G 7600
(2) G 7690
(3) G 7000 SE 128
(1) Street G 7600
Clearing room G 7670 'b'. Uncovered late grave No. 128 [G 7000 SE 128].
(2) G 7690
Clearing on top of south end of mastaba.
(3) G 7000 SE 128
No. 128 [G 7000 SE 128]: Height .5 meters. Built east-west, of rubble. Cleared.
Gale of wind, with sand, brought work to a stop at 10.0 a.m.
Thursday, March 7 1929
Twenty-sixth day of work.
Locals: 51
Cars (line XIII):
6:30 - 8:00: 46
8:30 - 12:00: 97
total: 143
Work on:
(1) G 7600
(2) G 7670
(3) G 7690
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- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Display Page Dates
- 03/04/1929; 03/05/1929; 03/06/1929; 03/07/1929
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- Author
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Modern People
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- Type Author
- 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."