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Sunday, April 15, 1928
Thirtieth day of work.
Locals: 55
Cars emptied, line XIII:
6:00 - 7:30: 7
8:00 - 12:00: 15
1:15 - 5:30: 13
total: 35
Work on:
(1) G 7690 A
(2) G 7776
(3) G 7777 I, J, K
(4) G 7781 A to G
(5) G 7784 R, Q
(6) G 7792 A
(1) G 7690
G 7690 A: Down 9 meters.
(2) G 7776 (see p. 819)
Clearing on top of mastaba, east of G 7779. Built of stone courses. Uncovered east face and two niches of G 7779. Found: two ushabtis, faience udjat bead.
(3) G 7777
G 7777 I: Depth 2.65 meters. Rock-cut. Debris: white limestone chips and dubsh. Chamber on west, rock-cut, open, small. Found in room: head and bones of skeleton. [ILLUSTRATION]
G 7777 J: Depth 2.55 meters. Chamber rock-cut on west, open. Found in pit debris: blue faience, Isis and Horus amulet, small object of black stone. [ILLUSTRATION]
G 7777 K: Depth 3.9 meters. Three chambers i, ii, iii. i on north, rock-cut with bones of skeleton and fragments of wooden coffin. ii rock-cut on west. Found in debris: bones of skeleton.
(4) G 7781
Clearing on top and east of mastaba, between G 7781 and G 7783. Uncovered pits A to G.
G 7781 A: not begun.
G 7781 B: Depth 5.7 meters. Stone built above, rock-cut below. Chamber on west, open.
G 7781 D: Down 3.7 meters.
G 7781 C: Down 3.2 meters.
G 7781 E: Dubsh. No chamber.
G 7781 F: Depth .8 meters. Dubsh and stones. No chamber.
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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
- 04/15/1928
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- Author
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
Modern People
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- Type Author
- 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."