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Sunday, March 27, 1932 (continued)
(14) G 1656
Clearing top of mud brick mastaba. Two niches in east face. Found pit A.
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G 1656 A: Rubble built and rock-cut. Depth 2.25 meters. Chamber on west, small, open.
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(15) G 1657
G 1657 A: Depth .47 meters. Body found below, head north, contracted, female.
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Monday, March 28, 1932
Twentieth day of work.
Times:
Work on:
(1) G 1235 A
(2) G 1601
(3) G 1606 C
(4) G 1608 D
(5) G 1621
(6) G 1622
(7) G 1637
(8) G 1639 A
(9) G 1643 A, B
(10) G 1647 B
(11) G 1648
(12) G 1649 B
(13) G 1653 A, B
(14) G 1657 A
(15) G 1658
(16) G 1659 A
(17) G 1661
(1) G 1235
G 1235 A: Clearing rubble and sand from chamber. Chamber was cased. Moved sarcophagus into pit.
(2) G 1601
Removed two limestone offering basins [32-3-2, 32-3-42] (small).
(3) G 1606
G 1606 C: Under niche of mastaba. Depth .25 meters. Small child bones in position, contracted.
(4) G 1608
G 1608 D: Removed bones of body, nothing found.
(5) G 1621
Under structure of mastaba, pits B, C, D.
G 1621 B: Mud brick .25 meters deep. Blocking of rubble and mud roofing body over.
G 1621 C: Cut in sand, .2 meters deep. Rubble blocking over body (?).
G 1621 D: Cut in sand, .35 meters deep. Rubble blocking over body (?).
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- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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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."
