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Vol.19.p.538

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Friday, October 1, 1926 (continued)

(1) G 7000 X (continued)
Wheeler drew plan of 1102, wood on floor, scale 1:5, (page 1126).

No. 1068: resumed. See A4265.
(145)-(160) small potsherds as before, some of them decayed, red ware (1201, 1207); red polished flaring bowl, etc.

No. 1300: See B6068.
(g) removed wood and gray muck (about 1 cm deep) over western half and exposed another layer of north-south wood continuous with that over eastern half - i.e. the wood and the muck (g) had been pushed in from north.

No. 1102: resumed. See A4262.
(b) removed extraneous stuff along southern edge.
(c) removed extraneous stuff along western edge.

*A4272: nos. 1077 and 1102, looking east

No. 1101: See A4272 and B6069 and pages 1085/1088.
Red ware model basin, incomplete [ILLUSTRATION]
Was inside No. 1099 and see No. 1098.

No. 1099: See as No. 1101, above.
Red ware model basin [ILLUSTRATION]
Was inside 1100. Load - wood dust, etc.

No. 1100: See as No. 1101, above.
Red polished flaring bowl [ILLUSTRATION] rim 1:1
Inside 1100 were 1099, 1101 and part of 1098. Load - fragments wood, pottery decay, six or more scraps of decayed sherds. Wood No. 1020 has fallen down on rim.

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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
    10/01/1926
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Mentioned on page
    Noel F. Wheeler, British

Tombs and Monuments 1

Published Documents 1

People 2

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • 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.

  • Noel F. Wheeler

    • 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."