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Thursday, January 26, 1933
Twenty-ninth day of work, twenty-ninth of Ramadan
Work:
6:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Work on:
(1) G 2100 C
(2) G 2200 B [= G 5080]
(3) G 2220 B
(4) G 2370 south of
(5) G 5230 A
(1) G 2100
G 2100 C: Breaking up fallen blocks.
(2) G 2200 [= G 5080]
G 2200 B [= G 5080 B]: Down 14.20 meters; rubble debris.
(3) G 2220
G 2220 B: Cleared rubble debris from floor of chamber i; found fragment of wood from coffin.
(4) South of G 2370
Clearing old guard's hut of debris.
(5) G 5230
G 5230 A: In chamber; clearing.
No work for p.m. for Bairam holidays. Men received wages.
Friday, January 27, 1933
Day of Rest - Bairam
Saturday, January 28, 1933
Thirtieth day of work
Work:
6:30 - 4:15
Work on:
(1) G 2100 C
(2) G 2200 B [= G 5080]
(3) G 2220 B
(4) G 2370 south of
(5) G 5230 A
(1) G 2100
Found in street debris east of G 2100, limestone stele of [GLYPHS], rather poor work.
G 2100 C: down 11.65 meters.
(2) G 2200 [= G 5080]
G 2200 B [= G 5080 B]: Down 15.20 meters.
(3) G 2220
G 2220 B: Cleared pit to rock bottom, only 1.5 meters below chamber. Found in pit debris: a rough limestone head-rest [33-1-83]. This rather gives the appearance of robbery during the burial, or at least before the pit was filled in.
(4) South of G 2370
Clearing debris of rubble and sand over area. Uncovered north face of small mastaba G 2342, immediately south of G 2370.
(5) G 5230
G 5230 A: Clearing chamber of debris.
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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
- 01/24/1933; 01/25/1933; 01/26/1933; 01/27/1933; 01/28/1933
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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."