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Sunday, March 7, 1926 (continued)

(1) G 7000 X
Removed Nos. 208 - 214
No. 208: Is a group of inlay (from wing) lying against east side of southwest leg of chair (i).
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*B5912
No. 209: Is the southwest leg of chair (i).
Nos. 210 - 214: Were miscellaneous fragments.

(2) Street G 7100 S
Continued working line VII northward in street G 7100 S, building embankment
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to south with the excavated debris.
The surface debris lies in heaps of sebbakh siftings. The fine dark debris of decay of the Saite-Ptolemaic period which underlies the siftings has been cut and backed into holes by the sebbakheem. See G 7100 S trenches.

(3) trenches south of street G 7100
Continued examining ground in line of VII.
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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
    03/07/1926
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 2

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.