Vol.22.p.851
Diary Transcription:
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Friday, May 18, 1928
Fifty-eighth day of work.
Locals: 53, and one half day
Cars emptied, line XI, XII:
5:00 - 7:30: 52, 20
8:00 - 12:00: 78, 32
2:00 - 5:50: 75, 35
totals: 205, 87
totsl: 292
Work on:
(1) G 7500 south
(2) G 7550 B, Y
(1) Street G 7500 south
Clearing in street, east of G 7500 and west of G 7670. Found in debris: fragment of worked wood.
(2) G 7550
Clearing south of mastaba. Found in debris: flint scraper, two faience udjat beads, fragments of faience, fragment of ushabti.
G 7550 B: Clearing debris of sand and rksh in room. Found: fragments of alabaster offering table, late alabaster dish, six small alabaster model saucers and fragments, also three alabaster model pots, fragment of limestone vessel, fragment of glass vessel.
G 7550 Y: Removed stones blocking doorway. Cleared chamber, which is small and roughly cut.
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Saturday, May 19, 1928
Fifty-ninth day of work.
Locals: 56
Cars emptied, line XI, XII:
5:00 - 7:30: 56, 18
8:00 - 11:30: 78, 26
2:00 - 5:50: 85, 20
totals: 219, 64
total: 283
Work on:
(1) G 7500 south
(2) G 7520 U, J
(3) G 7524 C
(4) G 7550 south of and B, X
(5) G 7500 Pt V
(1) Street G 7500 south
East of G 7560, west of G 7670. Clearing debris.
(2) G 7520
G 7520 J: Down 1.2 meters. Built of dubsh above, rock-cut below.
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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
- 05/18/1928; 05/19/1928
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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
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."
