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Wednesday, December 24, 1924 (continued)
(2) Street G 7200
Street G 7200, front of G 7220. Working northwards into the lower levels of street G 7200 in front of south end of G 7220. Same conditions in debris as in street G 7100. Work here less advanced.
(3) G 7132
G 7132 A: Finished clearing, including thieves' debris on floor. On the floor southwest corner a group of limestone model offering vessels.
G 7132 B: Chamber appeared on north. Below thieves entrance original filling (clean limestone chips etc.).
(4) G 7220
G 7220 A: Cleared part of chamber A 1 and left rest of debris for photo. In this debris, fragment, from basis of diorite statue of Khafre [ILLUSTRATION].
Probably the other fragments in G 7220 chapel, G 7132 B, etc. are from this and similar statue of Khafre. [Later: It became evident later that there were other diorite statues besides those of Khafre - namely of Ka-wa'ab, and other princes.]
(5) Avenue G 2 and G 7232
Clearing the crossing of Avenue G 2 and street G 7200 (see (2) above), exposed another small and very late mastaba of stone, with two small pits. [ILLUSTRATION] The front part including front of offering room has been destroyed.
G 7232 A: Cleared Pit A to chamber (in west) depth 4.60 meters.
G 7232 B: Cleared Pit B (depth 3 meters) and its small chamber (on east) (five small pottery model vessels)
(6) G 7332 [number G 7332 later reassigned to tomb G 7331+7332, in street G 7300, abutting E face of G 7330; this G 7332 = G 7333]
G 7333 A: In G 7332 A, down 4 meters. In debris, many stones from the masonry of the mastaba: among fragments of a stela of [GLYPHS] [Tjetju and Ptahneferdjed] and of a door jamb (?). See page 93 above.
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Details
- ID
- HUMFA_Vol.11.p.100
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_Vol.11.p.100; Vol.11.p.100
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
- Entry Date
- 12/24/1924
- Title
- Vol.11.p.100
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
