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Monday, August 23, 1926

Work on:
(1) G 7000 X

(1) G 7000 X
Wheeler drew No. 971, scale 1:1 page 873
Wheeler drew area northwest of 899, scale 1:1, page 874
Wheeler drew area north of 899, scale 1:1 page 875 (beads)
Wheeler drew No. 904 as is, scale 1:1, page 876.

No. 971: continued. See page 873 and B6022.
(114)-(134) miscellaneous inlays Z10 and others.
*B6023: no. 971 as is, looking east.
(135) gold hieroglyph [GLYPHS] on rock. (this completes the four sets of large signs, but 5 [GLYPHS] are still missing).
(136)-(142) miscellaneous inlays, etc.

No. 969: See page 873 and B6023.
Fragment of rilled sheet under Z10, face up but crumpled
[ILLUSTRATION] L 19.1
Underneath lay thin layer of wood, wood dust, on floor dust.

No. 971: continued. See page 873 and B6023.
(143)-(148) inlays from Z10.

No. 965: continued. See page 873 and B6022.
(53) groups of beads (and scattered beads) lifted into a board in original order. These rested on floor dust.
[ILLUSTRATION]

No. 972: See page 874 and A4103.
Group of inlays buried in silver oxide etc. west of northwest corner of 899.
(1)-(46) inlays faience and stone, fragments plaster, gold leaf, etc.

No. 973: See page 874 and A4103.
Fragment of rilled sheet [ILLUSTRATION] L 6.4, W 1.5

No. 974: See page 874 and A4103.
Mass of debris on northwest corner of No. 899.
The lower layer is a continuation of the painted plaster and wood which lies on the northeast corner of No. 899. Over this has fallen silver oxide from the deben-rings, stone inlays, etc. Among the fragments of plaster

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Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.18.p.468
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_Vol.18.p.468; Vol.18.p.468
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
08/23/1926
Title
Vol.18.p.468
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

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