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Vol.30.p.429

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Saturday, January 2, 1937(continued)

(3) G 7560 (continued)
G 7560 B. Drawing.

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Sunday, January 3, 1937

Work on
(1) G 7130 U

(1) G 7130
G 7130 U: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 7.3 meters. Black and red debris, limestone debris, dubsh and bones. Three Ptolemaic coffins appear in the chamber (limestone) without lids and empty. The chamber of this shaft is broken into other chambers of another shaft south of the mastaba and east of shaft G in the Isis Temple. Found in chamber debris: limestone mold of a goose, faded green glazed faience Thoth amulet. Cleared. Drawing.

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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
    01/02/1937; 01/03/1937
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

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.