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Sunday, July 11, 1926 (continued)

(1) G 7000 X (continued)
No. 675(138)-(182): Resumed removal of pile of potsherds under 690 and westwards. See A3960.
(152)-(156) [ILLUSTRATION] set in plaster apparently used to cover hole (or holes) in bottom of great red ware basin [ILLUSTRATION]
(157)-(160), (163) fragments of WSR jar
(161), (162) red brown ware bowl [ILLUSTRATION]
(164) red brown ware bowl [ILLUSTRATION]
(165) red brown ware beaker [ILLUSTRATION]
All the rest were fragments of the big basin
Cleaned up gray mud, etc. under 675(138 - 182)

*A3962: no. 675 etc, looking south
*A3963: no. 621a etc, looking east
*B5993: wood on floor north of 675, looking south

Monday, July 12, 1926

Last night (11 - 12th), the wife of Husein, the engineer living in camp, gave birth to a boy.

Work on:
(1) G 7000 X

(1) G 7000 X
Wheeler drew plan scale 1:5, see page 601 - 602.

Resumed 675: See page 601 - 602 and A3962.
Removed (183 - 220).
(191) flint [ILLUSTRATION]
(192) wood and plaster
(199) long fragment wood
(211), (217), (218) fragments WSR jar
(212) fragment red brown ware bowl
All the rest are from big red ware basin (top)

Obtained celluloid solution from Delmar. Treated east-west wood (No. 693) on rock floor north of 675. Treated wood etc., south and southeast of 675.

*A3964: as A3963
*A3965: same area, looking east
*B5994: 675 as is, looking south

Removed No. 693: See page 601-602 (notes) and B5993.
East-west wood on floor north of 675.
Cleaned to rock underneath.

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Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.18.p.402
Alternate IDs
Vol.18.p.402; HUMFA_Vol.18.p.402
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
07/11/1926; 07/12/1926
Title
Vol.18.p.402
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Tombs and Monuments 1

Photos 1

Modern People 4

Published Documents 1