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Diary Transcription:
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Sunday, November 14, 1937 (continued)
(3) G 2038a (continued)
G 2038a A: In shaft and chamber. It is in the middle of the mastaba. Lined with dubsh above and rock-cut below. Total depth 3.7 meters. Limestone debris, red sand, and pebble. Chamber on west. Cut in rock. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.
[ILLUSTRATION]
Some of the boys and guards in binding the rooms of Salem, Tewfik, and Yunis. Some of the guards making thresholds for the magazines.
Monday, November 15, 1937
Work on
(1) G 2035b C
(2) G 2037b X
(3) G 2038b A, B
(1) G 2035b
G 2035b C: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 4.25 meters. Red sand and pebbles. Chamber on west. Cut in rock. No blocking it is underneath the chamber of G 2033 Z. North-south rock-cut coffin and lid gone. Only one stone from the lid remains on south. Cleared. Drawing.
[ILLUSTRATION]
(2) G 2037b
G 2037b X: In shaft. Total depth 6.3 meters. Limestone debris, red sand and pebbles. Chamber on west. Cut in rock. No blocking. The chamber was filled with debris. In the chamber decayed wooden coffin (displaced). Northeast of the wooden coffin: three pointed jars (pottery). Reached the rock in shaft. Not started in chamber.
(3) G 2038b
Partly destroyed dubsh mastaba. It is west of G 2038c and north of G 2038a. Exposed three shafts A, B, and C. East the lining of the mastaba, east of A is a limestone basin (uninscribed).
G 2038b A: In shaft and chamber. It is south of B. Cut in red rock mixed with pebble. Total depth 3 meters. Pebble, red debris and sand. Chamber on north. Cut in red rock mixed with pebble. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.
[ILLUSTRATION]
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Details
- ID
- HUMFA_Vol.31.p.559
- Alternate IDs
- Vol.31.p.559; HUMFA_Vol.31.p.559
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
- Entry Date
- 11/14/1937; 11/15/1937
- Title
- Vol.31.p.559
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
