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Diary Transcription:
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Saturday, April 27, 1929 (continued)
(8) G 7000 SE 160
No. 160 [G 7000 SE 160]: Height 1.05 meters. Mud brick Chamber on east sealed with rubble.
Sunday, April 28 1929
Seventieth day of work.
Locals: 52
Cars (line XIII, XIV):
5:30 - 8:00: 32, 62
8:30 - 12:00: __, 60
2:00 - 5:00: __, 45
totals: 32,167
total: 199
Work on:
(1) G 7600
(2) G 7652 A
(3) G 7660 B
(4) G 7661 A
(5) G 7662 G, Z
(6) G 7700
(7) G 7750 (south of), 'a'
(1) Street G 7600
East of G 7660. Clearing southwards. Found, east of G 7660 'a', parts of stone facing of outer chapel G 7660 'b', and two bases of square columns. In the north wall of G 7660 'b' (mud brick) are three small niches at the west end, and two towards the east end.
(2) G 7652
G 7652 A: Rooms v, vii, viii.
Room v: debris of bones and black dust; found: large jar [29-4-321].
Room vii: removed remains of wooden coffin and body, found below body a rock-cut grave with roof slabs broken, found in debris: many fragments of gold foil, gold foil figures in relief [29-4-310], amulets of various materials and one large scarab [29-4-309], all good work.
Room viii: removed wooden coffin and body, below body is another small one inside the wooden coffin (child), found: amulets of various materials [29-4-311, 29-4-313], gold foil fragments with inscription in relief [29-4-312], one large scarab [29-4-311], all good work.
(3) G 7660
G 7660 B: Down 2.55 meters. Masonry and rock-cut.
(4) G 7661
G 7661 A: In Rooms ix, i, xi, xii. Found in Room xi: serpentine implement, gold ribbon. Cleared rooms.
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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
- 04/27/1929; 04/28/1929
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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
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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."
