Vol.27.p.167
Diary Transcription:
microfilm: begin page 167
Friday, November 15, 1935 (continued)
(1) G 2391 (continued)
G 2391 E: In shaft and chamber. Small shaft. Lined with dubsh and stones. It is north of D. Total depth 1.65 meters. Black debris, limestone debris, dubsh and papers. Chamber on east, running to south. Lined with stones. Roofed with four stones. No blocking. Found in chamber debris: head and some bones of a body. Cleared. Drawing.
[ILLUSTRATION]
Saturday, November 16, 1935
Work on
(1) G 2185 D
(2) G 2187 G
(3) G 2196 C, H
(4) G 2197 X, Y, Z, U
(5) G 2357 D [= G 5555]
(1) G 2185
G 2185 D: Removed the body from the chamber. The debris which is underneath the body is: dubsh, limestone debris and black debris. Underneath the debris we found: head and some broken bones of a body and a wooden head rest. Cleared. Drawing.
[ILLUSTRATION]
(2) G 2187
G 2187 G: Removed the chamber blocking. Stones we break and mud bound. Body, head on north, left for photo.
(3) G 2196
G 2196 C: Removed the chamber blocking. Stones we break, limestone debris and some mud bound. A coffin cut in rock appears in the chamber from north to south and the lid contains of four stones. The coffin and lid left for photo.
G 2196 H: Removed the body from the chamber. Total depth 2.95 meters. Cleared. We exposed that it is not continued into the rock. Drawing on page 168.
(4) G 2197
G 2197 X: Removed the body from the chamber. Drawing on page 168.
G 2197 Y: Removed the chamber blocking. Three stones and some dubsh. Body, head on north, left for photo.
G 2197 Z: Removed the chamber blocking. Mud brick and dubsh. Body, head on north, left for photo.
G 2197 U: Removed the chamber blocking. Dubsh. Body, head on east. Left for photo.
microfilm: end page 167
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_Vol.27.p.167
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_Vol.27.p.167; Vol.27.p.167
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
- Entry Date
- 11/15/1935; 11/16/1935
- Title
- Vol.27.p.167
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
