Vol.15.p.126
Diary Transcription:
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Tuesday, January 5, 1926
Day of rest.
Wednesday, January 6, 1926
43rd day of work.
Workmen:
Quftis: 95
Work on:
(1) Avenue G 3
(2) Street G 7000 north of Isis Temple
(3) Isis Temple
(4) G 7140 C
Cars emptied:
line IV to 8 am: 60, 8:30 - noon: 150, 1:00 - 4:30 pm: 210
total: 420
The increase in p.m. was due to shortening carry.
(1) Avenue G 3
Removed crude brick wall of upper level and exposed floor of Saite-Ptolemaic period.
[ILLUSTRATION]
The stone wall and the large crude brick bin as well as the bins further west have the same floor level.
(2) Street G 7000 S (south)
North of Isis Temple. Cleared away the railroad embankment in Street G 7000 to north of Isis Temple. Crude brick bins on same level as before and in Avenue G 3, all lower than the later crude brick walls of the temple, and apparently earlier.
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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
- 01/05/1926; 01/06/1926
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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 Khufu Pyramid Complex
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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.