Vol.15.p.137
Diary Transcription:
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Sunday, January 10, 1926 (continued)
(1) Isis Temple (continued)
Pit in Room P: Finished clearing pit P.
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Numbers ii and iii are [?] higher than floor of i, but floor of number iv is at that of i. In i four rude stone coffins. In iv one rude stone coffin and below it a coffin trench. On a few beads were found in the rooms.
(2) Street G 7000 S (south)
South of Isis Temple. Clearing surface debris reached the line of south face of Pyramid G I-c except for embankment of loading switch. (Moved five meters to south). There are on the west and in the middle fragments of crude rubble walls. On the east against G 7140 there are decayed crude brick walls resting on debris.
[ILLUSTRATION]
(3) G 7130 + G 7140 [G 7130-7140]
Cleared upper part of casing of G 7140 on back as far as southwest corner (except for later crude brick walls). The south face towards G 7150 is dressed smooth and the north face of G 7150 itself which must touch G 7140 is undressed.
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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
- 01/10/1926
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex
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- Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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.
