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Wednesday, January 21, 1931 (continued)

(1) G 7670
G 7670 B: Down 19.5 meters.

(2) G 7813
G 7813 T: Found in general debris: flint, faience beads, amulets, fragments of pot, bead, wooden face of late coffin, mud face, fragments of wooden coffin, fragments of alabaster. Found rock-cut tomb G 7824.
Pit T. Found: ushabti fragments, fragment of wood, wooden figure, wooden coffin fragments. Thirteen chambers north of passage.

(3) G 7815
Clearing pits.
G 7815 A: Rock-cut, Down 1.5 meters.
G 7815 B: Rock-cut. Down 1.5 meters.

(4) G 7820
Clearing rock tomb.
G 7820 A: Depth 3.2 meters. Chamber ii on east, rock cut, open. Rock-cut coffin north to south, open.
G 7820 B: Depth 3.7 meters. Chamber ii on south, rock cut, open.

[ILLUSTRATION]

(5) G 7823
Clearing tomb. Found pits A and B.
G 7823 A: On north in Room 'a', rock-cut, down 1.5 meters. Chamber on north, rock-cut, open.
G 7823 B: Rock-cut, from Room 'a'. Down 1.8 meters. Chamber west.

(6) G 7824
Clearing rock cut tomb, lintel inscribed [TRANSLITERATION] [Seneb-redisu].

Thursday, January 22, 1931
Forty-seventh day of work.

Locals: 65

Cars, line: XXI:
6:00 - 8:00: 6
8:30 - 12:00: 114
1:00 - 4:30: 119
total: 289

Work on:
(1) G 7670 B
(2) G 7813 G, T
(3) G 7821
(4) G 7824
(5) G 7825
(6) G 7826
(7) G 7827
(8) G 7829 's'

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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
    01/21/1931; 01/22/1931
  • Author
    Noel F. Wheeler, British
  • Mentioned on page
    Seneb-redisu (G 7824)

Tombs and Monuments 11

  • G 7670

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery
  • G 7813

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery
  • G 7815

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery
  • G 7820

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery
  • G 7821

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery
  • G 7823

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery
  • G 7824

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery
  • G 7825

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery
  • G 7826

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery
  • G 7827

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery
  • G 7829

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

People 2

Ancient People

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."