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Vol.06.p.018

Diary Transcription:

microfilm: West diary, begin page 18

January 16, 1913 (continued)

[Menkaure quarry cemetery MQ 106 (continued)]
A = a few earthenware offering vessels here.
B = uninscribed.
C = is inscribed so: [ILLUSTRATION]
Line 1: [GLYPHS]
Line 2: [GLYPHS]
Line 3: [GLYPHS] [... Senenu-nefer]
Over niche B is this inscription: [ILLUSTRATION/GLYPHS]

microfilm: West diary, end page 18

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
    01/16/1913
  • Author
    Louis Caulton West, American, 1882–1972
  • Mentioned on page
    Senenu-nefer (MQ 106)

Tombs and Monuments 2

People 2

Ancient People

  • Senenu-nefer (MQ 106)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner (?) of MQ 106. False door inscribed for Senenu-nefer, identified as [rx nswt jmj-r nTrj-mnkAwra] royal acquaintance, overseer of the pyramid of Menkaure; in situ in MQ 106.

Modern People

  • 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.