Vol.11.p.036
Diary Transcription:
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Tuesday, November 25, 1924 (continued)
(3) G 7121 (continued)
and neither G 7110 south end nor G 7120 north end is cased. The interior of G 7121 was packed with rubble (now partly removed by thieves) and we found no trace of burial pit.
Along the south end of G 7110 one red level line is clearly seen but no other mark. Around the stones are three or four with red signs of which one is quite legible [ILLUSTRATION] a mark of the royal workshops .
[ILLUSTRATION]
Wednesday, November 26, 1924
Twenty-third day of work.
Quftis: 85
Locals: 87
Total: 172
all at Giza
The storm died out today.
Work on:
(1) G I-a, main street, [street G 7000]
(1) Street G 7000
G I-a, main street. All work was concentrated on street in front of G I-a [street G 7000]. Two gangs: one on great mass of debris cast down by nas-es-sisi on east of pyramid; the other on back of G 7110.
Found various small objects in black debris as usual.
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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
- 11/25/1924; 11/26/1924
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex
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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.
