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Vol.29.p.391

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Diary Transcription:

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Friday, September 11, 1936

work on
(1) G 2094 A, B, C, D, E, X

(1) G 2094
G 2094 A: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 5.95 meters, white limestone debris, pebble, dubsh, sand and some wooden decayed fragments from a coffin. Found in chamber debris: limestone headrest, basis partly destroyed and broken, fragments from offering model dishes and bones. Drawing.

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G 2094 B: In shaft. It is north of the room of the mastaba, south of C and east of D. Lined with stones above and underneath lined with dubsh and bound with mud and some gypsum, underneath the lining cut in rock, pebble, red debris and limestone debris. Chamber on south cut in rock, blocked with two stones and bound with mud. Reached the rock in shaft, blocking left for photo.

G 2094 C: In shaft and chamber. It is north of B and east of E, or it is at the end of the lining of the mastaba on northeast lined with dubsh and bound with mud to the beginning of the rock. Total depth 2.75 meters, drift sand and underneath pebble, black debris and limestone debris. Chamber on south lined with dubsh and bound with mud. Roofed with stones. No blocking. Cleared. Open and empty.

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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
    09/11/1936
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2094

    • 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.