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Diary Transcription:

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Wednesday, July 6, 1938 (continued)

(2) G 4621
G 4621 A: Removed the body from the chamber. Drawing.

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G 4621 C: In shaft. Total depth 1.9 meters. Stones from the roof of chamber D, which is built in shaft C. Rubble, mud bound on south from shaft or from the lining of chamber D. Ends at rock. No chamber, type 7x. Cleared and drawn with shaft D, below.

G 4621 D: Removed the body from the chamber. Drawing.

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(3) G 4732
On top of the mastaba and north of it. Search for shafts. Limestone debris, red debris and dubsh. Exposed shafts X and Y.

G 4732 B: Removed the chamber blocking. The chamber is cut in bad rock and roofed with stones wholly destroyed. Stones and traces of mud and in the chamber, sand, stones and dubsh from the roof. Body, head on north with broken bones. The body is drawn but not photographed, because the chamber is very narrow. Drawing.

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G 4732 X: In shaft and chamber. North of G 4732, east of the southeast corner of G 4730, west of Y. Cut in rock. Total depth 2.8 meters. Sand and red debris. Chamber on west. Underneath G 4730. Cut in rock. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

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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
    07/06/1938
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • G 4621

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4730

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 4732

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

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.