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microfilm: begin page 49

Friday, November 20, 1914 (continued)

[G 5232 (continued)]
destroyed by insects. In this dirt one small model saucer of pottery [ILLUSTRATION].

[ILLUSTRATION]

G 5230
Clearing serdabs in G 5230 S (see page 48).
S1 - [Base] of standing statue was high up in sand, inscribed [GLYPHS] [14-11-78]. The sand was hard - not recently disturbed. On the floor were three other similar bases [14-11-79, 14-11-80. 14-11-81].
S2 - Six standing statues mostly life-sized, mostly tilted over to east. Heads all broken off and missing [14-11-92, 14-11-93, 14-11-94, 14-11-95, 14-11-96, 14-11-97]. Sand hard. Among these were a number of fragments of broken statuettes of red granite, etc.
S3 and S4 contained only a few fragments of alabaster and granite.

microfilm: end page 49

Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.08.p.049
Alternate IDs
Vol.08.p.049; HUMFA_Vol.08.p.049
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
11/20/1914
Title
Vol.08.p.049
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Tombs and Monuments 6

Photos 1

Modern People 1