Skip to main content

Vol.33.p.782

Diary Transcription:

page 782

microfilm: begin page 782

Sunday, April 9, 1939

work on
(1) top of G 2232
(2) top of G 2233

(1) G 2232
[On top of the mastaba.] In exposing the remains of the lining and the shafts. It is a stone mastaba, partly destroyed. It is north of G 2233, east of G 2234 and south of G 2230-G 2231, sand, limestone debris and rubble. Exposed three shafts, not lettered yet. Drawing of that mastaba will be with G 2233.

(2) G 2233
[On top of the mastaba.] In exposing the remains of the lining on south and east and also in exposing the shafts, sand, limestone debris and rubble. Exposed two shafts, they are seven shafts now, A-G, but not started with them. Exposed all the lining.

[ILLUSTRATION]

South of these mastabas appeared new other mastabas:

cars emptied:
6:00 to 8:30: 125
8:30 to 12:00: 265
2:30 to evening: 240
Total: 630

microfilm: end page 782

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
    04/09/1939
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 5

  • G 2230+2231

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2232

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2233

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2234

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2235

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 2

Modern People

  • Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Translator
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Diary translator. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926). Brother of Mohammed Said Ahmed (Head Reis 1936-1939). Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.

  • Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1936–1939. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926) and brother of Mahmoud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator) and Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.