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Wednesday, September 8, 1926 (continued)
(1) G 7000 X (continued)
*B6028: strings, etc, looking east
*A4157: no. 1200 as is, looking east
*A4158: coffin, etc, looking north-north-northeast
This was Mary's birthday, big party at camp this night.
Thursday, September 9, 1926
Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
(1) G 7000 X
Wheeler drew No. 1200, page 990 scale 1:5.
No. 1200: resumed. See A4157.
(h) removed higher lying eastern layer of cloth. [ILLUSTRATION] lower granular stuff (wood?).
(i) removed top of lower lying western layer. [ILLUSTRATION], loose stuff mixed with scraps of pottery, etc.
(j) removed (j), when this formation was made the cloth was still flexible but tender.
(k) cleared up broken debris south of h - j, wood, cloth, plaster, etc.
(l) removed isolated lumps of gray muck to north of h, i, j. [ILLUSTRATION]
This then appears to have been a box of cloth extending to east. [ILLUSTRATION]
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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
- 09/08/1926; 09/09/1926
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Mentioned on page
- Mrs. Mary Reisner, American
- 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 American
- Remarks Wife of Dr. George Reisner, mother of Miss Mary Reisner.
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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."