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Vol.06.p.013

Diary Transcription:

microfilm: West diary, begin page 13

January 11, 1913 (continued)

[Menkaure quarry cemetery MQ 120 (continued)]
[ILLUSTRATION] The owner styles himself (line 3) King's Confidant Serhu (s'rhu) [Serehu]
Line 1 = [GLYPHS]
Line 2 = [GLYPHS]
Line 3 = [GLYPHS]
[see original manuscript page 11 for corrections of glyphs not noted in typewritten copy]

Sunday, January 12, 1913

Work as yesterday.

Wainwright was out for lunch.

[Menkaure quarry cemetery]
The mastabas and tombs on the north face of the Menkaure quarry are to be numbered so: the different levels being denoted by the following scheme: No. 100-109 = top level, 110-119 next lower level, and so forth.
[ILLUSTRATION]

120 = "D" of previous map. [MQ 120]
121 = "B" of previous map. [MQ 121]
130 = "A" of previous map. [MQ 130]
132 = "C" of previous map. [MQ 132]
133 = "E" of previous map. [MQ 133]
No. 131 [MQ 131] was uncovered today. It is denuded down to the

microfilm: West diary, end page 13

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
    01/11/1913; 01/12/1913
  • Mentioned on page
    Gerald Averay Wainwright, British, 1879–1964
    Serehu (MQ 120)
  • Author
    Louis Caulton West, American, 1882–1972

Tombs and Monuments 7

  • MQ 120

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • MQ 121

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • MQ 130

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • MQ 131

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • MQ 132

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • MQ 133

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • Menkaure Quarry

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

People 3

Ancient People

  • Serehu (MQ 120)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of MQ 120. Chapel entrance lintel inscribed for Serehu, identified as [rx nswt sHd wabw Hrj-sStA nTrj-MnkAwra jmj-r DADAt nTrj-MnkAwra] royal acquaintance, inspector of wab-priests, secretary of the pyramid of Menkaure, overseer of the jury of the pyramid of Menkaure; in situ in Menkaure quarry cemetery MQ 120.

Modern People

  • Gerald Averay Wainwright

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates British, 1879–1964
    • Remarks British Egyptologist and archaeologist. Assistant to Mr. Wellcome for Gebel-Moya expedition.

  • 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.