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Vol.34.p.821

Diary Transcription:

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Sunday, May 28, 1939 (continued)

(4) G 2240
G 2240 B: Removed the body from the chamber and cleared it. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

(5) G 2242a
G 2242a A: Removed the chamber blocking. Built of stones and roofed with slabs. Crude brick and mud from the blocking. Body, head on north. Body removed from the chamber and cleared it.

[ILLUSTRATION]

(6) G 2243
G 2243 C: Removed the body from the chamber and cleared it. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

(7) G 2244
G 2244 B: Removed the body from the chamber (body drawn and not photographed). Cleared. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

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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
    05/28/1939
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 4

  • G 2240

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2242

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2243

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2244

    • 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.