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H. Lyman Story Diary, p.010

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Sunday, January 24, 1915

Clearing street north of mastaba G 5120 of hard debris.
Finished clearing burial pit B of mastaba G 5131; dirt debris mixed with fragments of pottery.
Cleaning trench north of G 5020, of dirt debris mixed with pottery fragments.
The mud plastered inclined plane, which was uncovered south of G 5130, running east, was found to run into mastaba G 5131, the mastaba being built over it.

Monday, January 25, 1915

Day of rest for the men. We have been working all day on the records in preparation for the Kerma trip. It was decided this afternoon that, as Dr. Reisner wants plans of the excavations there, Fisher was to go up, and I am to carry on his work here. So for the next month or six weeks I shall be working for the Pennsylvania Museum. Fisher and I are to meet at Shellal early in March and see all the important sites down the river.

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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
    01/24/1915; 01/25/1915
  • Mentioned on page
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Author
    Mr. H. Lyman Story

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 5020

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 5130

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 5131

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 3

Modern People

  • 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.

  • Mr. H. Lyman Story

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks MFA