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Vol.07.p.015[4]

Diary Transcription:

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Saturday, February 28, 1914 (continued)

[G 4733 E (continued)]
many knives, etc., etc. [knives 14-2-97, drills 14-2-99, adze blades 14-2-100], in fragments.

And also the following misc. objects and potsherds and pots:

remaining fragments of diorite plate [14-2-74];
three small reddish round stones [14-2-75] [ILLUSTRATION];
two fragments of a large diorite plate [14-2-52];
eight mud bowl pieces [= biconical jar stoppers] [14-2-72] [ILLUSTRATION];
two white limestone model jars [= incense burners] [14-2-103] [ILLUSTRATION];
one large round bottomed jar [ILLUSTRATION];
a few pieces of gold leaf [14-2-68, 14-2-69];
and many ordinary beads [14-2-70] some of which proved to have been mounted on a copper background [14-2-96].

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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
    02/28/1914
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
    Louis Caulton West, American, 1882–1972

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4733

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 2

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • 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.

  • Louis Caulton West

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1882–1972
    • Remarks Worked on the MFA-Harvard expedition from 1912-1914 according to the preface of George A. Reisner's, "A History of the Giza Necropolis, Vol I." Harvard graduate, c.1912.