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Vol.15.p.148

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Saturday, January 16, 1926 (continued)

(2) Street G 7000 S (south)
Continued clearing back of G 7150 of debris thrown out by us from G 7150, and westwards along face of G 7050.

(3) G 7050
In course of clearing Street G 7000 S (south) began clearing front of G 7050.
[ILLUSTRATION]
G 7050 has a core of massive yellow limestone blocks but of the later inferior type of Cemetery G 4000. The casing is of fine white limestone but is badly weathered, preserved to the second or third course. Near the middle is a great deposit of fine black ashes from a fire (of cornstalks ?). In the surface debris were found fragments of Saite-Ptolemaic objects as usual.

(4) Railroad V and G 7060
G 7060 is Lepsius 57, the tomb of the Prince Nefermaat.
Began laying railroad V between G 7050 and G 7060 in order to reach the southern face of Pyramid G I-c. The dump will lie on the trenched ground west of the present dump. See G 7050 of this date.

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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
    01/16/1926
  • Mentioned on page
    Nefermaat (G 7060)
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 6

People 2

Ancient People

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.