Vol.08.p.057
Diary Transcription:
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Sunday, November 29, 1914
Wind still from southwest, sky overcast, cold.
Official reports that Poland campaign is going in favor of Russians. Unofficial reports claim a great victory - the first real smashing blow on either side in the war. The latter are probably premature, to say the least.
Work in front of G 5230 S and G 5232. Pit A of G 5330 and space in front of G 5234 and G 5230 N.
[ILLUSTRATION]
G 5230
In front of G 5230 N under the pile of stone is a layer of decayed limestone, then carbon dust and ashes, then sand. [ILLUSTRATION] In the sand high up, fragments of black granite statuette x x x x.
G 5232
In G 5232 A, at north end of box the decayed arm of a life-sized wooden statue. On east, a bronze knife, and a deposit of alabaster models.
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- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Display Page Dates
- 11/29/1914
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
Modern People
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- Type Author
- 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.