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Sunday, November 22, 1925 (continued)

(3) G 6010
G 6010 A: Reached chamber of G 6010 A and also bottom of shaft. Disturbed white limestone rubbish nearly to bottom. At 14.10 meters from the top of the masonry at the south has appeared the door of a large chamber - open. At least one stone from the door block is still lying in the doorway. Drift sand mixed with a few chips of Old Kingdom pottery and limestone chips slopes down far into the room but at the south the floor is clean. The fragments of a hard R.W. bowl, pebble burnished [ILLUSTRATION] were found in the door way. Also a few other fragments of pottery, and a flint flake.

[ILLUSTRATION]

Near the "ledge" in the south wall of the chamber, which is, like the other walls, of roughly cut rock, a dark object, possibly a pot, is lying on the floor.
To the west is a large rock cut "mastaba" in which a grave has been cut. This is covered with a coffin lid of Tura limestone [ILLUSTRATION] which has however been shifted by robbers.

[ILLUSTRATION]

The approximate shape of this chamber is shown here.

[ILLUSTRATION]

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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
    11/22/1925
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 6010

    • 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.