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G 2475 B: Cut in rock. Chamber on west, cut in rock. Blocked with ruksh and limestone debris and bound with mud. Contracted skeleton, head north.

G 2475 C: Ends at rock. Chamber on south (blocking, stone, rubble, sand). Contracted skeleton, head north.

G 2475 X: Cut in rock. Chamber on south, cut in rock. No blocking. Found in chamber debris: copper knife and three other copper objects. [margin note: Objects 968]

G 2475 Y: Chamber on south, built of rubble. Empty.

G 2475 Z: Chamber on south. Cleared.

G 2475a
A filled stone mastaba built against G 2479. Destroyed on west. G 2475 is built against G 2475 a. Three shafts A, B, C. [margin note: 965, 969, 991]

Shaft A [G 2475a A]: Ends at rock. Chamber on south, built of masonry. Cleared.

Shaft B [G 2475a B]: Chamber on west (rubble blocking intact), built of masonry. Body, head north. On the bones, traces of cloth.

Shaft C [G 2475a C]: Ends at rock. Chamber on west, built of masonry. Cleared.

G 2476
A filled stone mastaba built against G 2469 and G 2471 open air chapel on east divided into two separate chapel by projection of mastaba connection G 2476 to G 2471 and G 2471 a. Both the south chapel and the north chapel thus formed have one stele each. [margin note: 940, 957, 959, 983, 987]

Shaft A [G 2476 A]: Chamber on west, built of masonry. No blocking. In the floor of the chamber on north, another shaft, cut in rock lettered A2. A2: Cut in rock. Chamber on west. No blocking. Cleared.

Shaft B [G 2476 B]: Ends at rock. No chamber.

Shaft C [G 2476 C]: Ends at rock. Cut in rock. Chamber on south (blocking, stones and rubble). Wooden coffin on west, running north-south, complete with lid (983). Loosely contracted skeleton, head north, wrapped in linen. [margin note: peculiar special shaped shaft]

Shaft D [G 2476 D]: Chamber in shaft, roofed with slabs. Cut in rock. Tightly contracted skeleton, head north. Underneath the head a "brick".

Shaft E [G 2476 E]: Ends at rock. No chamber.

Shaft F [G 2476 F]: Ends at rock. No chamber.

Shaft X [G 2476 X]: Ends at rock. Chamber on south, built of masonry. Cleared.

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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
    03/29/1940
  • Author
    Francis Olcott Allen

Tombs and Monuments 5

  • G 2469

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2471

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2475

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2476

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2479

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 1

Modern People

  • Francis Olcott Allen

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Archaeologist/Egyptologist for the Harvard University--Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition