Vol.24.p.1004
Diary Transcription:
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Tuesday, December 17, 1929
Day of rest
Wednesday, December 18, 1929
Forty-first day of work
Work on:
(1) G 7700
(2) G 7750, south of, Y
(3) G 7752 "a", Z, X
(4) G 7753 Z
(5) G 7757 A
(6) G 7760 A
(7) G 7765 B, A
Locals: 44
Cars, Line XIV
6:00 - 8:00: 70
8:30 - 12:00: 5
1:00 - 4:20: 145
Total: 350
(1) Street G 7700
East of G 7760. Clearing southwards. Uncovered space of G 7752.
(2) G 7750
Clearing between G 7750 and G 7760.
G 7750 Y: Depth 9 meters. Debris rubble, sand, fragments wood, bones. Chamber on south, rock cut, open No. I. Found in debris: two amulets [29-12-191], faience vessel fragments [29-12-192], wooden coffin faces [29-12-181, 29-12-182], and fragments. Rock cut coffin, east to west, open. Room II runs west from room I.
(3) G 7752
Uncovered entrance to chapel "a", below east side of mastaba. Large room, with inner chamber, and another court.
G 7752 X: Down 6.4 meters. Rubble and sand. Found in pit debris: beads (faience) [29-12-184, 29-12-186].
G 7752 Z: In chamber. Rubble and sand. [ILLUSTRATION]
(4) G 7753
G 7753 Z: In chambers I and II. Rubble and sand. Rock cut coffin, east to west. In room I. Found in debris, room I: fourteen ushabtis [29-12-193], one scarab [29-12-188], fragments ushabtis [29-12-193], copper amulet [29-12-189].
(5) G 7757
G 7757 A: Clearing blocking stones. Inscription on lid of sarcophagus and on sarcophagus is religious text. Name of owner [TRANSLITERATION and GLYPHS]
(6) G 7760
G 7760 A: In chamber. Debris, rubble and sand.
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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
- 12/17/1929; 12/18/1929
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- Author
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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."
