Vol.21.p.698
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Monday, February 21, 1927
Thirty-second day of work
Cars emptied:
line IX 6:25 am - 8:00 am: 65, 8:30 - 12:00: 155, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm: 154
[Total] 374
Work on:
(1) Street G 7400
(2) Pit G 7169 E
(3) Pit G 7440 X
(4) G 7520 mastaba, X
(1) Street G 7400
Clearing southwards in street, between mastabas G 7520 and G 7440. Found two walls of stone masonry in street running north to south, parallel.
Found in debris: faience amulets and fragments, beads, ushabti fragments, copper coin, limestone spindle.
(2) G 7169
G 7169 E: Down 2.40 meters. Clearing debris from pit.
(3) G 7440
G 7440 X: Cleared chamber IX and clearing pit II. Depth 1.75 meters. Chamber on west, no door blocking.
(4) G 7520
Clearing on top of mastaba to southwards.
G 7520 X: Depth 12.60 meters. Two chambers, one on south and one on west. Chamber on south, numbered I. A further chamber on west, and one on east were found, Nos. II and III, in room I.
Tuesday, February 22, 1927
Day of rest.
Wednesday, February 23, 1927
Thirty-third day of work
Cars emptied:
line IX 6:25 am - 8:00 am: 70, 8:30 - 12:00: 182, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm: 184
[Total] 436
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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
- 02/21/1927; 02/22/1927; 02/23/1927
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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
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."
