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Sunday, December 13, 1925 (continued)

(5) G 6041
Clearing front of G 6041, the passage between it and the back of G 6042. Both walls are cased in small stone-blocks with little batter.

(6) G 6051
Examined G 6051

[ILLUSTRATION]

Of these eleven pits only two, A and G, had been finished and used.

(7) G 6052
Clearing corridor a, serdab, pit A, and back of G 6052. At the back, the clearing of the street has exposed the east face of G 6027, drift sand.
Corridor a: The floor is mason's debris, on this is drift sand; on drift sand, the filling of A thrown out by plunderers, and over all is drift sand again.
The serdab was filled with drift sand and lining blocks (fallen in) and was otherwise empty.
G 6052 A: Depth 5.62 meters. Chamber on east. Drift sand in pit, running into chamber, but in chamber there is also limestone rubbish. Coffin cut in rock, full of sand, not yet emptied.

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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
    12/13/1925
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 5

  • G 6027

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 6041

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 6042

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 6051

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 6052

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

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.