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Thursday, December 25, 1930 (continued)

(1) Southeast of G 7660
Clearing south of mastaba. Found in debris: copper ring, faience beads.

(2) G 7793
Clearing debris over mastaba.

(3) G 7794
Clearing debris over mastaba.
G 7794 A: Depth 6.5 meters. Rock cut coffin standing up from floor, lid in place, but east side broken. Coffin, north to south. Found in debris: two small alabaster vessels, three lids (limestone).

(4) South of G 7918
Uncovered mud walls, and a pit.

(5) G 7924
Clearing debris.
G 7924 A: Depth 3.6 meters. Chamber on north, rock cut, open, small. [ILLUSTRATION].
G 7924 D: Down 4.5 meters.
G 7924 E: Depth 3 meters. Chamber on west, rock cut, open. Cleared. [ILLUSTRATION]

(6) G 7926
G 7926 C: Depth 2.5 meters. Chamber on west, sealed with stones and mud.
G 7926 D: Depth 2.5 meters. Roof of pit broken into chamber of pit C. No chamber.

(7) G 7000 SE 166, 168
No. 166 [G 7000 SE 166]: Cleared, nothing found.
No. 168 [G 7000 SE 168]: Rubble built.

(8) G 7000 E 33
Height .5 meters, rubble built, east to west. Found in room debris: faience beads, faience wood, fragments inscribed faience bowl.

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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
    12/25/1930
  • Author
    Noel F. Wheeler, British

Tombs and Monuments 9

People 1

Modern People

  • Noel F. Wheeler

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates British
    • Remarks Wheeler was a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy according to George A. Reisner's, "A HIstory of the Giza Necropolis, Vol. I."