Vol.35.p.015
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G 2441 Y: Ends in limestone debris. Lined with masonry. Chamber on south, built of masonry.
G 2441 C: Lined with rubble. Chamber I on west, built of rubble. Chamber II on east, cut in rock, unfinished. No blocking.
G 2441a
A wholly destroyed mastaba west of G 2441. Only the shafts A, B, C, D are preserved. [margin note: 887, 897, 912, 922, 991]
Shaft A [G 2441a A]: Masonry above, rock cut below. Chamber on south, built of masonry. No blocking. Cleared.
Shaft B [G 2441a B]: Rectangular north-south shaft. Masonry above, cut in rock below. Chamber on east, cut in rock. No blocking. Within, a decayed wooden coffin (north-south), inside coffin a skeleton.
Shaft C [G 2441a C]: Rubble lined above. Chamber on north. Blocked with rubble bound with mud. Built of rubble bound with plaster. Body, head north, male?
Shaft D [G 2441a D]: Rubble lined. Chamber on north. Blocking is mud bound rubble. Chamber built of rubble bound with plaster. Body, head north (body turned over). Under head, a pot. On bones, fragments of plaster. Female (?). [margin note: 912]
G 2442
Filled stone mastaba in independent site. Six shafts A, B, C, D, X, Y. [margin note: 888, 897, 898 922]
Shaft A [G 2442 A]: Above, masonry topped with rubble rock cut below. Chamber on west, cut in rock. No blocking. North-south rock cut coffin. South half of lid preserved. Cleared empty.
Shaft B [G 2442 B]: Ends at rock. Rubble lined. Chamber on west, built of crude brick. No blocking. Cleared.
Shaft C [G 2442 C]: Rubble lined. Chamber I on east, built of rubble. No blocking. Cleared. Chamber II is in the shaft itself, built of rubble, roofed with slabs. Cleared. [margin note: 922]
Shaft D [G 2442 D]: Rubble lined. Chamber on north. Blocked with rubble and crude brick.
Shaft X [G 2442 X]: Lined with masonry. Chamber on north, built of rubble. No blocking. Cleared.
Shaft Y [G 2442 Y]: Ends at rock. lined with mixed masonry, rubble and crude brick. Chamber on north, built of crude brick. No blocking. Cleared.
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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
- 01/05/1940
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- Author
- Francis Olcott Allen
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates
- Remarks Archaeologist/Egyptologist for the Harvard University--Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
