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Wednesday, September 8, 1926 (continued)

(1) G 7000 X (continued)
*B6028: strings, etc, looking east
*A4157: no. 1200 as is, looking east
*A4158: coffin, etc, looking north-north-northeast

This was Mary's birthday, big party at camp this night.

Thursday, September 9, 1926

Work on:
(1) G 7000 X

(1) G 7000 X
Wheeler drew No. 1200, page 990 scale 1:5.

No. 1200: resumed. See A4157.
(h) removed higher lying eastern layer of cloth. [ILLUSTRATION] lower granular stuff (wood?).
(i) removed top of lower lying western layer. [ILLUSTRATION], loose stuff mixed with scraps of pottery, etc.
(j) removed (j), when this formation was made the cloth was still flexible but tender.
(k) cleared up broken debris south of h - j, wood, cloth, plaster, etc.
(l) removed isolated lumps of gray muck to north of h, i, j. [ILLUSTRATION]
This then appears to have been a box of cloth extending to east. [ILLUSTRATION]

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Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.19.p.499
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_Vol.19.p.499; Vol.19.p.499
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
09/08/1926; 09/09/1926
Title
Vol.19.p.499
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Tombs and Monuments 1

Photos 1

Modern People 3

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