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Vol.20.p.630

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microfilm: begin page 630

Friday, December 3, 1926

Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
All three worked in office. Reconstruction of canopy and piecing together the roof poles. There are five roof poles not four. On setting together the nos. 1325 and 1326, found also five corner sockets.

Saturday, December 4, 1926

Dunham began card catalogue of objects found in 1925-1926, and in the afternoon Wheeler went on with it.

Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
Dunham and I fitted together rest of poles as follows
S (1) nos. 1301 + 1305 B + (1438 and 1439) + 1451 looking north
S (2) nos. 1302 + 1449 + 1409 looking north
S (3) nos. 1303 + 1441 looking north
S (4) nos. 1304 + 1442 looking north
S (5) nos. 1305 + 1332 + 1443 + 1450 looking north
All were found behind the coffin extending out to the south. The breaking and crumpling took place when the whole deposit collapsed owing to the decay of the wood.
No. (1) had been spliced (before the burial) with a copper cylinder (see nos. 1438 + 1439).
[ILLUSTRATION]

photographs taken in G 7000 X
*A4495: nos. 1351-1352 south one-third, looking west
*A4496: nos. 1351-1352 middle one-third, looking west

microfilm: end page 630

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
    12/03/1926; 12/04/1926
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Mentioned on page
    Dows Dunham, American, 1890–1984
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
    Noel F. Wheeler, British

Tombs and Monuments 1

Published Documents 2

People 4

Modern People

  • Dows Dunham

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1890–1984
    • Remarks Egyptologist; Curator; Assistant Curator, Egyptian Department, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • 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.

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • 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.

  • Noel F. Wheeler

    • 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."