Skip to main content
Diary Transcription:

microfilm: begin page 282

Saturday, April 3, 1926
One hundred and sixteenth day of work.

Weather: hot.
Wind: south.

Workmen:
ninety-five (95)

Work on:
(1) G 7200
(2) G 7230 B
(3) G 7230
(4) G 7000 X

Cars emptied:
Line VIII 5:30 - 8:15 am: 120, 8:45 - noon: 110, 1:15 - 5:00 pm: 100
total: 330

(1) G 7200
Continued the clearance of filling debris from street G 7200, working southwards.
Found: one inscribed limestone block [part of 26-4-12].

(2) G 7230
G 7230 B: Continued the emptying of shaft G 7230 B, removing debris and breaking up those large stones which had fallen in. Down 14.7 meters. Uncovered the top of a doorway on the south.

(3) G 7230
Begin to clear the debris from the street between mastabas G 7230 and G 7240, removing sand and limestone blocks which united these two mastabas.

(4) G 7000 X
Dows Dunham's day off. No work on G 7000 X.

Sunday, April 4, 1926
One hundred and seventeenth day of work.

Weather: cool, cloudy, threatening to rain.

Workmen:
ninety-five (95)

Work on:
(1) G 7200
(2) G 7230 B
(3) G 7000 X

Cars emptied:
Line VIII
5:30-8:15 a.m. - 120
8:45-noon - 144
1:15-5:00 p.m. - __
total - __

microfilm: end page 282

Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.17.p.282
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_Vol.17.p.282; Vol.17.p.282
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
04/03/1926; 04/04/1926
Title
Vol.17.p.282
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Tombs and Monuments 3

Photos 1

Modern People 2