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Vol.29.p.348

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Sunday, June 21, 1936 (continued)

(3) G 2417 (continued)
G 2417 C: In shaft and chamber. Rock below. Total depth 4.40 meters, limestone debris, black debris, dubsh and broken mud brick.
Chamber W: cut in rock, no blocking. Found in shaft debris: inscribed stone in relief. Cleared. Drawing.

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G 2417 D: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 2.20 meters, limestone debris, dubsh and black debris. Chamber on west lined with dubsh. Roofed with stones. No blocking. Found in chamber debris: skull and bones. Cleared. Drawing.

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G 2417 X: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 2.95 meters, limestone debris, dubsh and black debris. Chamber on south lined with stones and dubsh. Roofed with stones. No blocking. 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
    06/21/1936
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2417

    • 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.