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Thursday, November, 26, 1925 (continued)

(7) G 6014
Cleared outlines of G 6014 and the top. The rubble retaining walls are built in a layer of about 50 cm of hard packed mason's debris (i.e. on the original floor of the group of mastabas).

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 6014 A: Cleared. Drift sand to depth of 4 meters then disturbed original filling (limestone debris) to chamber and remains of undisturbed original filling in bottom. Total depth of pit 560 cm. Chamber on west in rock. No door block. Nearly full of mixed debris (limestone chips, etc.). On west side of chamber, a coffin cut in the native rock and covered with two stone slabs, one of which has been removed by plunderers.

[ILLUSTRATION]

In the debris in chamber the lower part of a plaster mask (the Dynasty 5 substitute for the reserve head of Dynasty 4?)
G 6014 B: Cleared. Unfinished: ends at rock surface, depth 135 cm.
G 6014 D: Cleared. Unfinished: ends at rock surface, depth 140 cm.
G 6014 E: Cleared pit which is very small. Chamber in filling of mastaba, on south of pit. Blocked with rubble plastered with mud. Depth of pit 120 cm.

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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
    11/26/1925
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 6014

    • 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.