Vol.19.p.507
Diary Transcription:
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Monday, September 13, 1926
Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
(1) G 7000 X
Wheeler drew plan of 1200 on page 1016 (notes), scale 1:5 and added details to plan on page 952/953.
For the following see page 1016 and A4167.
No. 1290: Red ware model basin [ILLUSTRATION] D 8, H 3.6.
No. 1291: Fragment of sandstone, one flat surface.
No. 1292: Fragment of limestone.
No. 1266:
(j) swept up sand, wood, gray muck, string, etc.
(73)-(82) fragments of big coarse red ware basin and from pieces of WSR.
(k) swept up sand under (73)-(82).
(84)-(86) two fragments of the basin and one of WSR jar.
*A4169: no. 1200 as is, looking east
Wheeler added 1293, 1294 to page 1016.
No. 1293: (1) and (2) two flint flakes [ILLUSTRATION]
No. 1294: Irregular lump of limestone (local).
No. 1295: Alabaster bowl [ILLUSTRATION]
No. 1296: Group of potsherds and lumps of "gray muck" (cloth) between 1297 and 1298.
(1)-(4) fragments red ware as 1201 and 1207.
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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
- 09/13/1926
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Mentioned on page
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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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.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- 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."