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Vol.28.p.275

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Diary Transcription:

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Friday, March 27, 1936 (continued)

(3) G 2007 (continued)
G 2007 A. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 2007 B: In shaft and chamber. Lined with dubsh and bound with mud. It is north of A and south of C. Total depth 4.25 meters. Excavated before 3.10 meters. Sand and paper. Chamber on east, cut in rock, small chamber without blocking. Found in shaft debris: fragment of sandstone with green copper. Also found in chamber debris: broken bones. Cleared. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 2007 C: In shaft and chamber. Lined with dubsh and bound with mud. It is north of B and south of D. Total depth 4.05 [meters]. Excavated before 2.8 meters. Drift sand, paper and some dubsh. Chamber on north, cut in rock, roofed with stones. On north lined with dubsh and bound with mud. No blocking. Found in chamber debris: skull and bones. Cleared. Drawing on page 276.

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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
    03/27/1936
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2007

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 2

People 2

Modern People

  • Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Translator
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Diary translator. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926). Brother of Mohammed Said Ahmed (Head Reis 1936-1939). Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.

  • Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1936–1939. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926) and brother of Mahmoud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator) and Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.