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Saturday, November 23, 1935 (continued)

(4) G 4813 (continued)
G 4813 D: In shaft and chamber. South of C and west of the room. It is at the end of the mastaba on south. Lined with stones above limestone debris underneath and rock below. Only on north some building gone. Total depth 5.95 meters. Excavated before 5.65 meters. Black debris and some dubsh. Big coffin appears from north to south, cut in rock the same as the rock, the lid thrown on west side. Inside the coffin appears a wooden fragments, decayed. We found in chamber east of the coffin and on the top of the mastaba: complete pot. Also we found in the chamber on west: four dummy jars limestone without lids. Cleared. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

Serdab: In the serdab. East of C and north of the room. Lined with stones, Roofed with three stones. On east and west building gone. Total depth 2.05 meters. Excavated before 1.65 meters. Sand. Cleared. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

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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
    11/23/1935
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4813

    • 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.