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C. Fisher Diary, p.033

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Diary Transcription: begin page 33
Thursday, January 28, 1915

..during rifle practice at the end of the long dump heap. Beyond this point will be the danger zone.
The mastabas in the new area will be numbered in a series continuing that used by Dr. Reisner for the cemetery adjoining our area on the east. The numbers to be arranged in rows running north and south. The mastabas in the first row to the east will have numbers 2090-2091-2-3 etc. The next row to the west will be 3001-2-3 etc. The next row to the west, 3010-3011-3012 etc. Work was started in a street or passage way south of a large mud brick mastabas numbered 3030.

[ILLUSTRATION of G 3030]

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Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Expedition diary pages
  • Department
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Credit Line
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Display Page Dates
    Modern
  • Display Page Dates
    01/28/1915
  • Author
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Mentioned on page
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 3030

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 2

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1876–1941
    • Remarks Archaeologist and architect. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • 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.