Vol.17.p.374
Diary Transcription:
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Thursday, June 24, 1926 (continued)
(1) G 7000 X (continued)
Removed 552b: The wooden core of side bar of bed as far as it lay on 552b. Also other remains of wood c and d lying on 552b.
Removed gold case 552b (the south part of west side bar of bed. Face down as other parts).
[ILLUSTRATION]
Measure position of 578.
Removed No. 578.
[ILLUSTRATION]
*A3910: looking south along wall close up
*A3911: looking southeast, middle part east-west boarding
Friday, June 25, 1926
Cool weather.
Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
(1) G 7000 X
Wheeler drew plan 1:2 scale of wood etc. under 552b and adjoining (page 516) and added details to plan 1:5 scale on page 492.
*A3912: wood near view
*A3913: wood far view and alabaster bowls
Removed 557b: Patch wood and plaster.
Removed 570: Part of middle found embedded in ridge of gray powder.
Removed 579: Scraps of wood along south side of 570.
Swept floor to south as far as east-west boarding.
No. 580: Scrap gold and fragments plaster.
The removal of 552b has exposed a north-south line of wood running along the edge of east-west boarding, and under 552 but quite close to west wall of tomb.
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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
- 06/24/1926
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Mentioned on page
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
- Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- 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."