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Diary Transcription:
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Sunday, April 29, 1928 (continued)
(2) G 7520
G 7520 N: Built of stone blocks, on west side street G 7500 south, against east face of G 7520. Measured stone work so as to remove them, as when street debris is removed, they will be in danger of falling. Found in stones, fragment of wall relief in limestone. [ILLUSTRATION]
(3) G 7540
Clearing sand and debris from mastaba.
(4) G 7779
G 7779 B: In chambers iii, iv, v, vi. Clearing debris of sand and rksh.
Room iii: Found five rock-cut coffins, opened with lids broken. Found in debris: fragment inscribed limestone.
Room v: Found in debris: two small faience ushabtis and fragments (one inscribed), faience cylinder beads. Cleared all rooms.
[ILLUSTRATION]
(5) G 7781
G 7781 A: Down 6.2 meters. Clearing debris of sand and dubsh.
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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
- 04/29/1928
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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
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."
