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Diary Transcription:

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Saturday, November 14, 1936(continued)

(1) G 2429 (continued)
G 2429 B: In shaft and chamber. It is north of A and south of U. Lined with mud brick and dubsh above and rock below. Total depth 4.2 meters. White limestone debris, dubsh and some stones. Chamber on east, cut in rock. No blocking. Cleared. Open and empty. Drawing.

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G 2429 X: In shaft. It is south of Y and north of G 2461 [= G 2461']. Lined with stones above and rock below. Total depth 6.35 meters, and was excavated before 5.3 meters. Dirty debris, drift sand and dubsh. Chamber on east, cut in rock. No blocking. Reached the rock in shaft and not started in chamber.

G 2429 Y: In shaft. It is southeast of Z. Lined with stones to the beginning of the rock. Total depth 1.15 meters. Black debris and limestone debris, ended at rock. No chamber. Found in debris on top of mastaba: small limestone fragments with traces of inscriptions.

Sunday, November 15, 1936

Work on
(1) G 2429 X, Z, U

(1) G 2429
G 2429 X: In chamber. Stones and dubsh. A coffin cut in rock from north to south without lid. Cleared. Open and empty. 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
    11/14/1936; 11/15/1936
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 2429

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2461'

    • 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.