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Vol.27.p.081

Diary Transcription:

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Wednesday, July 24, 1935 (continued)

(1) G 2375 (continued)
Drawing of G 2375 A

[ILLUSTRATION]

(2) G 2376
G 2376 A: In shaft. Lined with stones above and rock below. It is east of G 2375 A. Total depth 9.7 meters. Excavated before 7.5 meters. Black debris and dubsh. Chamber on west cut in rock. No blocking. Reached the rock in shaft.

(3) G 2378
G 2378 A: Removed the ox bones from the room of the rock-cut tomb. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

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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
    07/24/1935
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 2375

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2376

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2378

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 3

People 2

Modern People

  • Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Translator
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Diary translator. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926). Brother of Mohammed Said Ahmed (Head Reis 1936-1939). Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.

  • Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1936–1939. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926) and brother of Mahmoud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator) and Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.