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H. Lyman Story Diary, p.050

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Diary Transcription: begin page 50
Friday, February 19, 1915 (continued)

…inscribed limestone stela.
Behind the stela in chamber X of mastaba 2093 [= G 3093] was a serdab. In debris a few fragments of what was apparently a statuette.
Letter from Grandmother A., and five letters and cards from Estelle.
A fine day - north wind.
At five o’clock the guard of the Pyramid Temple of Mycerinus came running in with Reis Mahmud and said that three soldiers were destroying things there, and when he tried to stop them they threatened him with a knife. I ran down at once but the soldiers had disappeared and the efforts of twelve men to find them were unsuccessful. I see no use in reporting this matter without knowing the names of the soldiers.

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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
    02/19/1915
  • Mentioned on page
    Mahmud Ahmed Said 'el-Meyyet' (Reis)
  • Author
    Mr. H. Lyman Story

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 3093

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 2

Modern People

  • Mahmud Ahmed Said 'el-Meyyet' (Reis)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1926–1933. Brother of Said Ahmed Said (Head Reis 1908-1926) and father of Duwy Mahmud Ahmed (Head Reis 1933-1935).

  • Mr. H. Lyman Story

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks MFA