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microfilm: West diary, begin page 13

January 11, 1913 (continued)

[Menkaure quarry cemetery MQ 120 (continued)]
[ILLUSTRATION] The owner styles himself (line 3) King's Confidant Serhu (s'rhu) [Serehu]
Line 1 = [GLYPHS]
Line 2 = [GLYPHS]
Line 3 = [GLYPHS]
[see original manuscript page 11 for corrections of glyphs not noted in typewritten copy]

Sunday, January 12, 1913

Work as yesterday.

Wainwright was out for lunch.

[Menkaure quarry cemetery]
The mastabas and tombs on the north face of the Menkaure quarry are to be numbered so: the different levels being denoted by the following scheme: No. 100-109 = top level, 110-119 next lower level, and so forth.
[ILLUSTRATION]

120 = "D" of previous map. [MQ 120]
121 = "B" of previous map. [MQ 121]
130 = "A" of previous map. [MQ 130]
132 = "C" of previous map. [MQ 132]
133 = "E" of previous map. [MQ 133]
No. 131 [MQ 131] was uncovered today. It is denuded down to the

microfilm: West diary, end page 13

Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.06.p.013
Alternate IDs
Vol.06.p.013; HUMFA_Vol.06.p.013
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
01/11/1913; 01/12/1913
Title
Vol.06.p.013
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Tombs and Monuments 7

Photos 1

Ancient People 1

Modern People 2