Vol.23.p.947
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Thursday, June 13, 1929
G 7652
G 7652 A: Removed wooden coffin from southern chamber of eastern rooms, for photograph.
Friday, June 14 1929
G 7652
G 7652 A: Opened wooden coffin to photograph mummy. Mummy in good state, wrappings plain, no amulets visible.
Monday, June 17 1929
G 7652
G 7652 A: Removed wrapping of mummy which are so fragile as to be removable only in fragments. No amulets visible, but anklets [29-7-34, 29-7-35], wristlets [29-7-36, 29-7-38], and collar [29-7-32] made each of a wooden (?) ring covered with very thin gold leaf. The mummy appears to be female. Left hand under chin, right hand across left wrist.
Friday, June 21 1929
G 7652
G 7652 A: Removed remains of mummy, scraps of gold foil from anklets, wristlets, and neck. Found heart scarab [29-7-39] in position of heart, and two finger amulets [29-7-33] in wrappings of body.
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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
- 06/13/1929; 06/14/1929; 06/17/1929; 06/21/1929
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- Author
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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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."