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Thursday, August 1, 1935 (continued)

(2) G 4734
G 4734 B: In shaft. It is lined with stones above and rock below. Total depth 2.95 meters. Excavated before 2.25 meters. Sand, dubsh and limestone debris. Chamber on east cut in rock. No blocking. Body, head on east. Reached the rock in shaft. Body left for photo.

G 4734 C: In shaft. It is lined with mud brick above and rock below. Total depth 2.5 meters. Excavated before 1.9 meters. Sand and black debris. Chamber on east cut in rock blocked with three stones. Left for photo.

Friday, August 2, 1935

Work on
(1) G 1177 F
(2) G 4512 B
(3) G 4516 B, C, F
(4) G 4517 A

(1) G 1177
G 1177 F: Removed some of the wooden coffin fragments from the chamber. Underneath the fragments of the coffin the body appears, head on north and wrapped with cloth and near the head we found a head rest of wood. Left for photo.

(2) G 4512
G 4512 B: Removed the body from the shaft and also the pot. Total depth 2.2 meters. Stones and dubsh from the blocking. Ended at rock.

(3) G 4516
G 4516 B: In shaft. Small shaft. Lined with dubsh. It is south of shaft A. Total depth 3.45 meters. Excavated before 2.3 meters. Sand and black debris. Chamber on west, cut in rock. Blocked with dubsh and mud brick. Some blocking gone from above. In chamber skeleton. Reached the rock in shaft. Blocking left for photo.

G 4516 C: In shaft. Lined with stones above and rock below. It is north of the serdab of G 4512. Total depth 5.15 meters. Excavated before 4.2 meters. Sand, papers and black debris. Chamber on east running to north cut in rock. Blocked with one big stone and south this stone and small stone. Blocking drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

Skeleton appears in chamber on east. The shaft on south broken into chamber of shaft G 4512 A. Reached the rock in shaft and left for photo.

G 4516 F: In shaft. Lined with dubsh, west of A. Total depth 1.8 meters. Excavated before 1.2 meters. Sand and black debris. Chamber blocking left for photo.

(4) G 4517
G 4517 A: Removed the body from chamber. Cleared. Total depth 3.5 meters. Reached the rock in shaft. Ended at rock. Drawing.

[ILLUSTRATION]

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Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.27.p.089
Alternate IDs
Vol.27.p.089; HUMFA_Vol.27.p.089
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
08/01/1935; 08/02/1935
Title
Vol.27.p.089
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Tombs and Monuments 5

Photos 1

Modern People 2

Published Documents 2