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Wednesday, February 20, 1929 (continued)
(9) G 7574
Clearing on top of mastaba.
(10) G 7660
G 7660 Y: In chamber. Clearing debris.
(11) G 7000 SE 115, 116
No. 115 [G 7000 SE 115]: Height 1.6 meters. Built of rubble. Four rooms (3) north, (1) south, (4) east, and (2) west). Room No. 4 empty.
No. 116 [G 7000 SE 116]: Height 1.3 meters. Built of rubble, east to west. Empty.
Thursday, February 21, 1929
Fourteenth day of work.
Locals: 47
Cars (line XII): none
Work on:
(1) G 7540 W
(2) G 7560 Z
(3) G 7565 west of
(4) G 7567 B, C
(5) G 7569 D
(6) G 7574 south of, and Z
(7) G 7576 A, B, C
(8) G 7660 Y
(9) G 7000 SE 117, 118
(1) G 7540
G 7540 W: Depth 19.7 meters. Found in pit debris: copper sphinx inscribed around base [29-2-77], fragment of an alabaster vessel [29-2-78], fragments of ushabtis [29-2-79].
(2) G 7560
G 7560 Z: Removed two stones of room casing to photograph room and debris.
(3) West of G 7565
Removing rubble walls of late graves.
(4) G 7567
G 7567 B: In room. Broken through to pit C.
G 7567 C: In room.
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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
- 02/20/1929; 02/21/1929
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- Author
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates British
- Remarks Wheeler was a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy according to George A. Reisner's, "A HIstory of the Giza Necropolis, Vol. I."
