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Friday, January 9, 1931 (continued)
(5) G 7798
G 7798 A: Opened door blocking, room full of debris.
G 7798 B: Opened door blocking, room full of debris.
(6) G 7947
G 7947 E: Clearing late graves on debris. Found: fragment of grinding stone.
Pit E. Cleared.
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(7) G 7000 SE 198, 208, 210
No. 198 [G 7000 SE 198]: Removed roof stones. Found inscribed limestone basin.
No. 208 [G 7000 SE 208]: Opened door blocking. Body within, and salt.
No. 210 [G 7000 SE 210]: Mud brick, north to south. Height 1.3 meters. Roof broken in. Cleared.
Saturday, January 10, 1931
Thirty-seventh day of work.
Locals: 37
Cars, line: XX, XXI, XXII:
6:00 - 8:00 : 20, 30, 25
8:30 - 12:00: 45, 75, 52
1: 00 - 4:30: - 40, 80, 48
totals: 105, 185, 125
total: 415
Work on:
(1) G 7670, south of and Y, Z
(2) G 7671 A
(3) G 7759 east of
(4) G 7796 D, E
(5) G 7799 A, B, C
(6) G 7947
(7) G 7000 SE 197, 211
(1) G 7670
Clearing debris [south of G 7670].
G 7670 Y: Down 7 meters.
G 7670 Z: Depth 5.2 meters. No chamber.
(2) G 7671
G 7671 A: Depth 7.7 meters. Chamber on west, rock-cut, open.
(3) East of G 7759
Clearing to rock surface. Found in debris: alabaster fragments. Uncovered pits in rock.
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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
- 01/09/1931; 01/10/1931
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- Author
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates British
- Remarks Wheeler was a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy according to George A. Reisner's, "A HIstory of the Giza Necropolis, Vol. I."
