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Vol.27.p.196

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Diary Transcription:

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Friday, November 29, 1935

Work on
(1) G 4715 A, B

(1) G 4715
G 4715 A: In the shaft. It is on the top of the mastaba. Lined with stones above and rock below. Total depth 6 meters. Excavated before 4.5 meters. Sand, black debris and some stones we break. Chamber on north. Cut in rock. No blocking. Coffin cut in rock from north to south without lid and found empty appears in the chamber. Found in chamber debris. Broken bones of a body and broken bones of an ox cleared. Drawing.

G 4715 B: In shaft and chamber. It is east of G 4715 on north. Lined with dubsh, on north and east lined with mud brick on top. On west lined with stones and rock below. Total depth 5.9 meters. Excavated before 4.2 meters. Limestone debris, black debris and some stones. Chamber on north. Cut in rock. No blocking. Coffin cut in rock from north to south with lid appears in chamber on west. Found empty. Found on the top of the lid. Bones of a body. Cleared. Drawing of the shaft.

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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
    11/29/1935
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4715

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 3

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.