Vol.27.p.046
Diary Transcription:
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Friday, May 10, 1935
Work on
(1) G 1166 A, B, C [= G 1163+1166]
(2) G 1172+62 B [= G 1162+1172]
(1) G 1166 [= G 1163+1166]
G 1166 A: In shaft and chambers. Lined with dubsh above and rock below. Total depth 3.65 meters. Excavated before 2 meters. Drift sand. Two chamber appear I and II.
Chamber I: On east. Lined with mud brick and dubsh. Roofed with stones. No blocking. Found in debris: fragments of skeleton [35-5-1].
Chamber II: On east cut in rock. No blocking, but it was blocked with mud brick because we found some of the blocking. Found in debris: skeleton [35-5-2]. Drawing.
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G 1166 B: In shaft. Lined with dubsh above and rock below. Total depth 4.55 meters. Sand and underneath limestone debris. Two chambers appear.
Chamber I: On east. Lined with mud brick and dubsh. Roofed with stones. No blocking.
Chamber II: On west. Cut in rock. Blocked with stone and dubsh. Reached the rock in shaft. Chamber II blocking left for photo.
G 1166 C: In shaft and chambers. Lined with mud brick and dubsh above and rock below. Two chambers appears.
Chamber I: On west cut in rock. Blocked with stones. No blocking.
Chamber II: On west cut in rock. No blocking. Reached the rock in. Drawing.
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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
- 05/10/1935
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- Translator
- Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
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- Author
- Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
Modern People
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- 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.
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- 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.
