Vol.22.p.863
Diary Transcription:
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Friday, February 8, 1929 (continued)
(5) G 7000 SE (continued)
No. 78 [G 7000 SE 78]: Height .8 meters. Built of rubble. Broken roof.
Saturday, February 9, 1929.
Fourth day of work.
Locals: 48
Cars (line XII):
6:30 - 8:00: 69
8:30 - 12:00: 151
1:00 - 4:50: 162
total: 382
Work on:
(1) Street G 7200
(2) Street 7500 S
(3) G 7560
(4) G 7561 'a'
(5) G 7660 Y
(6) G 7000 SE 79 to 83
(1) Street G 7200
East of G 7230. Found in debris: inscribed fragment of limestone [29-2-37a], which had been built into a mud brick wall.
(2) Street G 7500 south
Clearing southwards between G 7670 and G 7560. Debris: rubble and sand. Found in debris: limestone bowl [29-2-24] and faience amulet[s] [29-2-26, 29-2-27, 29-2-29, 29-2-30, 29-2-34], faience figure, fragments of faience and beads [29-2-35, 29-2-36], fragment of copper, fragment of flint [29-2-25], fragment of ushabti [29-2-28], faience udjat [29-2-33]. Uncovered burial pit 81 to 83.
(3) Between G 7560 and G 7550
Clearing debris. Uncovered burial pits 79 and 80 [G 7000 SE 79, 80].
(4) G 7561
Small mastaba of mud brick, much broken, in middle of street G 7500 S, with two niches on the east side, and a chamber numbered 'a'.
(5) G 7660
G 7660 Y: Clearing debris from room. Uncovered limestone sarcophagus with lid removed.
(6) G 7000 SE 79 - 83
No. 79 [G 7000 SE 79]: Height .4 meters. Built of rubble. Broken. Two chambers (west and east).
No. 80 [G 7000 SE 80]: Height .75 meters. Built of rubble and mud. Broken; body, broken, head east.
No. 81 [G 7000 SE 81]: Height .4 meters. Built of rubble.
No. 82 [G 7000 SE 82]: Height .3 meters. Built of rubble. Broken.
No. 83 [G 7000 SE 83]: Height .75 meters. Built of rubble. Broken. Four rooms (north, south, east, and west).
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Display Page Dates
- 02/08/1929; 02/09/1929
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- Author
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates British
- Remarks Wheeler was a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy according to George A. Reisner's, "A HIstory of the Giza Necropolis, Vol. I."
