Vol.17.p.360
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Tuesday, June 8, 1926
Day of rest.
Hot north wind from 11 a.m. to sunset.
Maximum 40.5 degrees centigrade.
Minimum (7th - 8th) 27.5 degrees centigrade.
Wednesday, June 9, 1926
Hot north wind as yesterday.
Maximum 41.5 degrees centigrade.
Minimum (8th - 9th) 28 degrees centigrade.
Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
(1) G 7000 X
Supplementary drawing (page 454) to 524 (page 447).
No. 524: (151)-(154) gold hieroglyphs.
[ILLUSTRATION]
No. 524: (155)-(161) - (Q)
No. 528: (1)-(15) - (Y)
[ILLUSTRATION]
No. 529: Long gold strip from (Z)-3.
No. 528: (17)-(36) mainly (Y) as above
*B5978: plaster etc, under 528 (1)-(36)
The plaster backing of 528 (1)-(4) lay intact underneath, without visible trace of wood. On removing this and the dust elsewhere, we exposed a design in molded plaster face down (Q).
[ILLUSTRATION]
The space between should have been filled with Q-patterns inlays also face down. There Q-inlays have however been dislocated and lie in disorder face down under the molded plaster. Treated plaster with celluloid solution.
No. 528: (37)-(44) displaced inlays over the molder plaster.
*B5979: molded plaster under 528
No. 523: Removed rest of decayed wood and plaster.
No. 530 - 532: Decayed wood (bar of 509 and 521).
Cleaned up the dust (beads, scraps of black gold) on 521 and under 530 - 532.
*A3872
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Details
- ID
- HUMFA_Vol.17.p.360
- Alternate IDs
- Vol.17.p.360; HUMFA_Vol.17.p.360
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
- Entry Date
- 06/08/1926; 06/09/1926
- Title
- Vol.17.p.360
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
