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Wednesday, March 1, 1939 (continued)

Also today 11 guards left to Quft:
Their names are: Orabi Radwan, Abdallah Ahmed, Ahmed Massoud, Saied Hassan, Sayed Bidir [Said Bedir], Mah. abd el Aal [Mahmud Abd-el-Aal], Gad el Mula, Hossien Elawi, Idriss Shahat, Ahmed Mograby and Mahmud Ali Mohammed.

Thursday, March 2, 1939

work on
(1) G 2084 A-G
(2) G 2085 C, D
(3) south of G 2088 c

(1) G 2084
G 2084 A: In shaft and chamber. Lined above with masonry and rock cut below. It is south of D. Total depth 2.65 meters, drift sand. Chamber on north cut in rock, only one course of masonry on top roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

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G 2084 B: In shaft. Lined with rubble above and bad rock below. It is south of C and east of F. Total depth 1.75 meters, sand, limestone debris, pebble and red debris. Chamber on south blocked with one big stone and some rubble with traces of mud, left for photo.

G 2084 C: In shaft and chamber. Lined with rubble and bad rock below. It is north of B and east of G. Total depth 2.25 meters, drift sand. Chamber on east, it is cut in rock below and built with rubble above. Roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

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G 2084 D: In shaft. Lined with rubble above on three sides and bad rock below. It is south of E. Total depth 1.8 meters, sand, limestone debris, pebble and potsherds. Chamber on west blocked with dubsh with traces of mud, left for photo.

G 2084 E: In shaft. Lined above with rubble and below the rubble is masonry and bad rock below. It is north of D or south of the southeast corner of G 2085. Total depth 1.45 meters, limestone debris, rubble, pebble and red debris. Chamber on west blocked with one stone and some rubble with traces of mud, left for photo.

G 2084 F: In shaft. Built of rubble hung on limestone debris. It is west of B and south of G. Total depth 1.4 meters, pebble, red debris, and limestone debris. Chamber on south blocked with rubble and bound with mud, left for photo.

G 2084 G: In shaft and chamber. Lined with rubble and ends in rock. It is north of F and west of C. Total depth 1.57 meters, pebble and sand. Chamber on south built of rubble and roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

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Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.33.p.760
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_Vol.33.p.760; Vol.33.p.760
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
03/01/1939; 03/02/1939
Title
Vol.33.p.760
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Tombs and Monuments 3

Photos 1

Modern People 13