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Diary Transcription:
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Saturday, July 24, 1926 (continued)
(1) G 7000 X (continued)
No. 756: Plain gold band, face up
[ILLUSTRATION] W 3.5, L 8
No. 757: Gold sheet rilled, face down, complete and cracked.
[ILLUSTRATION] L 10.4, W 11.7
No. 758: Fragment of rilled gold sheet, face down
[ILLUSTRATION]
No. 755: Gold sheet, rilled, face up
[ILLUSTRATION] L 16.5, W 11.4
On the back are patches of fine gesso, leaving imprint of fine cloth.
*A4004: inlay under 755, looking south
*A4005: group of sheets and rings as is, looking south.
Sunday, July 25, 1926
Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
(1) G 7000 X
Wheeler drew plan of No. 759 scale 1:1 (page 669).
No. 759: See page 669 and A4004.
Inlays etc, under gold sheet 755, on gold sheet 738 and westwards.
(1)-(22) from K (see 754).
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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
- 07/24/1926; 07/25/1926
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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."