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G 2479 B: Chamber on west, cut in bad rock. North-south built stone coffin, roof gone. [margin note: 965, 974, 991]

G 2479 C: Chamber on east (blocking rubble and masonry). Body, head north.

G 2479 D: Ends at rock. Chamber on west (blocking, stone and rubble), built of masonry. Body, head north.

G 2479 E: Ends at rock. Chamber on west, built of rubble. Cleared.

G 2481
Filled stone mastaba on independent site, but connected by single stone wall to G 2479. Exterior corridor chapel on east, with two stelae - single shaft A. Inside the masonry retaining wall on south is a retaining wall of rubble. [margin note: 965, 975]

Shaft A [G 2481 A]: Cut in rock. Chamber on south. Cleared.

G 2482
Filled stone mastaba on independent site. Destroyed exterior corridor chapel on east, with one stele to south. Objects: found in debris above mastaba: nine inscribed limestone fragments. [margin note: 965, 975, 991]

Shaft A [G 2482 A]: Cut in rock. Chamber on east, cut in rock. Rubble blocking, intact. Body, head north.

Shaft B [G 2482 B]: Ends at rock. Chamber on east, built of rubble. Cleared.

Shaft C [G 2482 C]: Cut in rock. Chamber on north, cut in rock. Cleared.

Shaft D [G 2482 D]: Ends at rock. Chamber on south, built of rubble. Cleared.

Shaft E [G 2482 E]:

G 2483
Filled stone mastaba on independent site, against which G 2466 is built. Contains six shafts A - F. [margin note: 976, 965]

Shaft A [G 2483 A]: Cut in rock. Chamber on west, cut in rock. Cleared.

Shaft B [G 2483 B]: Ends at rock. Chamber on west, built of rubble. Cleared.

Shaft C [G 2483 C]: Cut in rock. Chamber on east, cut in rock. Cleared.

Shaft D [G 2483 D]: Ends at rock. No chamber.

Shaft E [G 2483 E]: Chamber on west, cut in rock. Cleared.

Shaft F [G 2483 F]: Cut in rock. Chamber on west, cut in rock. Cleared.

Shaft X [G 2483 X]: Ends at rock. No chamber.

Shaft Y [G 2483 Y] (?): Cut in rock. Ends at rock. No chamber.

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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 2466

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2479

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2481

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2482

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 2483

    • 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