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Vol.27.p.053

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Diary Transcription:

microfilm: begin page 53

Monday, May 20, 1935 (continued)

(2) G 1058 (continued)
Drawing of G 1058 A

[ILLUSTRATION]

(3) G 1157
G 1157 C: Total depth 1.35 meters. Removed the child bones [35-5-25]. Found on the child neck, small ring beads [35-5-26]. Cleared. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 1157 D: Total depth 1.25 meters. Removed the skeleton [35-5-27]. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

(4) G 1160
G 1160 A: In shaft and chamber I. Total depth 4.75 meters. Limestone debris and black debris. Chamber II appears on west cut in rock. Blocked with stone and dubsh and some mud bound over. Chamber blocking left for photo. Removed the body [35-5-28] from chamber I.

G 1160 B: Removed the skeleton [35-5-29] from chamber. Drawing page 54.

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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
    05/20/1935
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 1058

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1157

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1160

    • 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.