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Thursday, December 5, 1929 (continued)
(7) G 7761 (continued)
G 7761 X: Clearing debris of rubble and bones. Found: four fragments decorated linen [29-12-81], fragments wood coffin, rock cut coffin.
(8) G 7000 E II, IV, V, VI [G 7000 E 2, 4, 5, 6]
No. II [G 7000 E 2]: broken up, cleared. [ILLUSTRATION]
No. IV [G 7000 E 4]: Depth .70 meters, rubble.
No. V [G 7000 E 5]: Rubble, roofed with stones, height .68 meters.
No. VI [G 7000 E 6]: Built of mud-brick. Depth .47 meters. Chamber on south, built of stones, open, two bodies lying north to south, bones only.
Friday, December 6, 1929
Thirty-first day of work
Work on:
(1) G 7101, west of
(2) G 7700
(3) G 7070 B
(4) G 7753 A, "a", X
(5) G 7754, B, "a"
(6) G 7757 A
(7) G 7761 X
(8) G 7762
Locals: 44
Cars Line XIII
6:15 - 8:00: 44
8:30 - 12:00: 54
1:00 - 4:20: 70
Total 168
(1) West of G 7101
Clearing debris west of G 7101, to uncover lines of rock quarrying.
(2) Street G 7700
East of G 7754, clearing southwards.
(3) G 7070
G 7070 B: Transporting sarcophagus to south gate.
(4) G 7753
Uncovered chapel, rock cut - "a" and pit X.
G 7753 A: Down 8 meters. Debris rubble and mud brick fragments.
Room "a": Height 2 meters, rock cut, chamber to west.
G 7753 X: Down 2.4 meters, mud brick and rubble walls.
(5) G 7754
East of G 7757.
G 7754 B: In chamber. Found: limestone vessel. [ILLUSTRATION]
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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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- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Display Page Dates
- 12/05/1929; 12/06/1929
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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
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."
