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Wednesday, April 7, 1926 (continued)

(1) G 7000 X
Continued clearing western side of (Q).
Removed various displaced inlays from over (Q) - 336 (8)-(16) from (P), (W) and (H). [GLYPHS]
(11) was a gold [GLYPHS] face down, eastern line
*A3759
*A3760
(17)-(24) from (Q) west
(25)-(27) were from (W) displaced and revealed (Q) underneath
*B5946
(28)-(32) displaced
(33)-(97) were in order except (43), (49), (50), (60), (63), (64), (65), (75), (78), (79), (85), (88)-(97)
*A3761
[ILLUSTRATION]
The inlays are not exactly uniform in size even in the same vertical row. The triangles also vary and there are other irregularities. Displaced over these were a number of larger inlays 2.6-2.7 cm long and edge inlays [ILLUSTRATION] of corresponding size. There may come from another part of the same object as (Q) or from another object with similar pattern.

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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
    04/07/1926
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

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People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.