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Diary Transcription:
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Saturday, September 11, 1926 (continued)
(1) G 7000 X (continued)
No. 1234: (continued)
Removed big alabaster jar. [ILLUSTRATION]
In addition to load of cloth, wood, pottery decay, etc. found inside part of the original contents - caked dark mass.
*A4165: no. 1200 as is, looking east, a bit north
*A4166: no. 1200 as is, looking east [SYMBOL]
Sunday, September 12, 1926
Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
(1) G 7000 X
Wheeler drew addition to plan on page 990.
No. 1266: (a) cloth and string over east side of 1266 (on 1280 - 1283)
For the above and the following see page 990 and A4165.
No. 1282: Fragments of a red ware flaring basin [ILLUSTRATION] H 14.2
No. 1284: Red ware jar as 1201, H 13.8, D 12.5.
No. 1285: Group of potsherds.
(1)-(8) red brown ware [ILLUSTRATION] all but (4) and (6) from same bowl.
*B6033: no. 1200, looking east
No. 1286: Group of potsherds.
(1)-(4) red ware as 1201 and 1207.
No. 1287: Red ware jar as 1207 [ILLUSTRATION] H 16.8, D 14.5
No. 1288: Ditto, decayed, H 12.5, D 16.7.
No. 1280: Red ware jar as 1201 [ILLUSTRATION] H 12.3, D 11.6
No. 1281: Ditto, H 13.9, D 12.6.
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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
- 09/11/1926; 09/12/1926
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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."