Vol.23.p.951
Diary Transcription:
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Friday, October 18, 1929
[G 7330-7340]
G 7340 X: Lifted sarcophagus and lid.
[G 7650]
G 7650 C: Preparing to lift sarcophagus.
Saturday, October 19 1929
[G 7650]
G 7650 C: Lifting lid of sarcophagus up pit.
Sunday, October 20 1929
[G 7650]
G 7650 C: Lifting sarcophagus. (Borrowed extra supposedly good rope from 'Service des A' which broke four times.) (Weight of sarcophagus between 4 and 5 tons.)
Monday, October 21 1929
[G 7650]
G 7650 C: Lifting sarcophagus. Landed on surface.
Tuesday, October 22 1929
Day of rest.
Wednesday, October 23 1929
[G 7060]
G 7060 B: Clearing debris in chamber, and preparing to lift sarcophagus. (Sarcophagus 5.3 to 4.6 tons.) Limestone.
[G 7430-7440]
G 7430 X: Preparing lifting gear for sarcophagus. (Sarcophagus 2.4 to 2.6 tons, black granite.) Proposed arrangement at pit head [ILLUSTRATION]
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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
- 10/18/1929; 10/19/1929; 10/20/1929; 10/21/1929; 10/22/1929; 10/23/1929
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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
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."