Vol.28.p.257
Diary Transcription:
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Wednesday, March 11, 1936
Work on
(1) G 2000 on east
(2) G 2004 A, Y
(1) East of G 2000
East of this mastaba, on south, in the street which is between this mastaba and G 2004 and G 2001. Stones, dubsh, sand, limestone debris and broken mud brick. Exposed in the street, west of mastaba G 2004, new shaft, also west of mastaba G 2001 exposed three new shafts. Street not yet cleared, shafts not yet numbered and not yet started in.
(2) G 2004
G 2004 A: Bill went down to the excavation and removed the elements of faience necklace, faience covered with thin gold foil, to the camp. Chambers of this shaft all cleared. Drawing.
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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
- 03/11/1936
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- Mentioned on page
- William Stevenson Smith, American, 1907–1969
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- Translator
- Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
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- Author
- Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]
Modern People
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Nationality & Dates American, 1907–1969
- Remarks Egyptologist; Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.