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Saturday, July 31, 1926 (continued)
(1) G 7000 X (continued)
No. 819: See page 703 and B6010.
Gold sheet rilled [ILLUSTRATION] L 8.2, W 3.9
No. 820: See page 703 and B6010.
Gold sheet rilled [ILLUSTRATION] L 20.75, W 1.8
Laid No. 821 out flat but found it attached at south end to bronze.
*B6012: no. 818, looking east-eastnorth
*B6013: no. 818, looking east-eastnorth
No. 818: See page 702 and B6012, B6013.
(1)-(41) [ILLUSTRATION]
(14) fragment of S. with wood.
*A4026: no. 822, etc. (under 818), looking east
*A4027: general, looking east
Sunday, August 1, 1926
Guards changed this day to permit men to go on leave.
Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
(1) G 7000 X
Wheeler added details to plan on page 703.
*A4028: group 700, looking south.
No. 822: See page 703 and A4026.
Gold sheet, crumpled and folded over, traces gesso on back.
[ILLUSTRATION] L 18.3
No. 823: See page 703 and A4026.
Wood. (a) part of No. 810, (b), (c) rilled wooden rod [ILLUSTRATION] L 5.3
A crack filled with plaster (non shrinkable) gives original diameter as 1.6 cm, present diameter 1 cm, diameter end button, 1.2 cm, width of rill 0.6 cm.
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- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
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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
- 07/31/1926; 08/01/1926
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Mentioned on page
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
- Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- 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."