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Thursday, February 4, 1926 (continued)
(2) Avenue G 4
Cleaning debris of decay and upper meter of surface debris from western third of Avenue G 4 south of G I-c.
[ILLUSTRATION]
one barrier
edge of excavation
G I-c
G 7070 is shorter than G 7060 and G 7050, that is the north end is several meters south of the north ends of G 7060 and G 7050. The space north of G 7070 contains a meter or more of drift sand and limestone fragments. In this debris towards southwest we found four fragments (small) of Old Kingdom reliefs.
(3) G 7152
G 7152 A: Pit clear. Total depth, 16.6 meters. The burial place is not a limestone coffin as supposed yesterday but is cut in the native rock.
Friday, February 5, 1926
69th day of work
Moderate southwest storm, again.
Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
(2) Avenue G 4
(3) G 7071 interior mastaba
(4) G 7072 crude brick chapel
Cars emptied:
Line V to 8:00 am: 45, 8:30 to noon: 147, 1:00 to 4:30 pm: 150
total: 342
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- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Display Page Dates
- 02/04/1926; 02/05/1926
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex
Modern People
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- 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.
