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H. Lyman Story Diary, p.073

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Diary Transcription: begin page 73
Wednesday, March 3, 1915

Fisher and I left shortly after 7 this morning with Reis Mahmud, Bechari, and Hafiz, for Mit Rahineh, stopping on the way at the Third Dynasty unfinished tomb (a T-shaped ditch about 100 feet deep in which is a fine red granite coffin with cover, and many large red granite blocks from the floor and casing) of the Pharaoh Nefer-ka-Ra, and the Pyramid of Kha-Ba and burial pits beyond. From there we went direct to Mit Rahineh where views were made of the site of Kom El-Qalama. Back to Gizeh through the Nile Valley.
Telegram from Dr. Reisner asking that £E. 80 be telegraphed to him at once as he expects to leave Kerma on Friday.
Finished clearing pits of mastaba 3035.
Clearing sand from passage between mastaba 3035 and mastaba to west.
Clearing sand and mud debris from chamber of mastaba at S.W corner of mastaba 3035.
Clearing sand from passages west of mastaba 3033.
Laying track to a point north of mastaba 2080 [= G 1227], the track running out nearly due north.

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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
    03/03/1915
  • Mentioned on page
    Bishari Mahfud (expedition photographer)
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
    Hafiz
    Mahmud Ahmed Said 'el-Meyyet' (Reis)
  • Author
    Mr. H. Lyman Story

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 1227

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 3033

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 3035

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 6

Modern People

  • Bishari Mahfud (expedition photographer)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • 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.

  • Hafiz

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Donkey-boy for Clarence Fisher excavations at Giza.

  • 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