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Friday, July 30, 1926
Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
(1) G 7000 X
Wheeler cleared off the upper layer of gray muck, (decayed cloth), contents of upper box, No. 737 f on A 3997. Exposed east-west wood brown.
*A4022: group 700, looking east
No. 783: continued. See page 686 (notes) and B6007.
(56)-(73) inlays, etc, from K or Z.
No. 773: Gold sheet rilled, lay folded over to west.
[ILLUSTRATION] L 20.3, W 2.05
No. 774: See drawing on page 696 of notes.
The removal of 773 exposed plaster etc. on 774.
(1)-(5) plaster, some rilled
(6) scrap gold
(7)-(9) ring beads
No. 774 gold sheet, wide rilled, lay face down.
[ILLUSTRATION] L 20.4, W 5.05 - 5.15
No. 783: continued. See page 686 and A6007.
(74)-(90) inlays etc. as before.
No. 786: Deben ring (decayed), (inlays lost), about one-half and a fragment. Underneath, ten inlays, scraps of wood, etc.
No. 810: See A4018.
Wood and plaster lying on leg 776. A board (?), brown wood.
No. 811: Mixed with 810, fragments gold (3 x .4) and three scraps.
No. 812: Gold sheet, fine rills, on east end fragment wood, gold strip (6.15 x .55) and green stone inlay.
[ILLUSTRATION] L 19.9, W 8.9
No. 813: See A4018.
Area under rings 785 and 786. Mass - silver oxide (gray), decayed plaster (cream) in which is embedded fragments of silver, plaster and stone inlays.
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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
- 07/30/1926
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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."
