Vol.23.p.972
Diary Transcription:
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Thursday, November 21, 1929 (continued)
(8) G 7757 (continued)
G 7757 A (continued): faience scarab uninscribed, stone udjats. A wooden anthropoid coffin is in the southwest corner of room iii, very much decayed.
Room iv [end]. Found in general debris: canopic jar lid, potsherds, ushabtis.
(9) G 7759
Clearing south and east of mastaba. Uncovered rock-cut offering room 'a' below east face of mastaba, and a rock cut pit to the southeast of mastaba, numbered G 7759 Z, and pit numbered G 7759 Y.
Room 'a': Height 1.7 meters. Debris: rubble and sand. On the north wall is a plain statue, rock-cut, of a man and woman; the south wall is broken through to pit Z. Two pits in the floor, numbered A and B. No inscriptions visible.
G 7759 Y: Down 8.8 meters. Rubble above, rock-cut below. Chamber rock-cut, open, on south. Lintel of doorway inscribed, but much erased [GLYPHS]
G 7759 Z: Down 1.7 meters. Rock-cut. Debris: rubble and sand. Rooms i and ii, on south and on west, rock-cut, open. Break in pit to pit B.
Friday, November 22, 1929
Nineteenth day of work.
Locals: 40
Cars, line XIV, XV:
6:00 - 8:00: 40, 27
8:30 - 12:00: 55, 39
1:00 - 4:25: 60, 43
totals: 155, 109
total: 264
Work on:
(1) G 7700
(2) G 7350 A
(3) G 7510
(4) G 7754
(5) G 7755
(6) G 7757 A
(7) G 7759 'a', A, B, Z
(1) Street G 7700
Clearing southwards, east of G 7750. Debris: rubble and sand. Found: faience amulet, beads, potsherds.
(2) G 7350
G 7350 A: Transporting sarcophagus to gateway.
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Details
- ID
- HUMFA_Vol.23.p.972
- Alternate IDs
- Vol.23.p.972; HUMFA_Vol.23.p.972
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
- Entry Date
- 11/21/1929; 11/22/1929
- Title
- Vol.23.p.972
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
