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Vol.28.p.242

Diary Transcription:

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Thursday, February 20, 1936

Work on
(1) shaft A in Thenty rock cut tomb [Tjenti 3]

(1) [Tjenti 3], shaft A
In shaft and chamber. It is the big shaft in the middle of the "Thenty" rock cut tomb. Cut in rock. Total depth 4.17 meters. Dubsh, stones, bones of animals and bones of skeletons. Found in chamber debris: green glass vase [36-2-10], inscribed limestone fragment [36-2-11]. Cleared.
Drawing of the shaft, and the sketch of the inscribed fragment.

[ILLUSTRATION]

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Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Expedition diary pages
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Display Page Dates
    02/20/1936
  • Mentioned on page
    Tjenti (Tjenti 3)
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 1

Published Documents 2

People 3

Ancient People

  • Tjenti (Tjenti 3)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of unnumbered rock-cut tomb. False door inscribed for Tjenti, identified as [xrp sH pr-aA jmj-r Hmw-kA] director of the dining hall of the Great House, oveseer of ka-priests; found in Tjenti 3.

Modern People

  • Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Translator
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Diary translator. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926). Brother of Mohammed Said Ahmed (Head Reis 1936-1939). Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.

  • Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1936–1939. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926) and brother of Mahmoud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator) and Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.