G 2089, Shaft A, sketch plan of burial, with notes
Notes and sketches: skeleton and coffin from G 2089 A: 38-4-33 (coffin), 38-4-32 (= MFA 38.2158) (alabaster cylinder jar)
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_EG022600
- Alternate IDs
- EG022600; HUMFA_EG022600
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Documentation-Drawings
- Title
- G 2089, Shaft A, sketch plan of burial, with notes
- Medium
- Pencil drawing
- Remarks
- Notes read “Ink inscription here on alabaster vase [38-4-32]. Wadded cloth in several layers as though thrown over body and displaced. The body is wrapped in linen, the head and limbs apparently wrapped separately and a cloth thrown over all. Bits of wood and plaster fallen from lid and sides of coffin over body and a few plaster bits inside alabaster jar which shows trace [?] of ingredients once within. Arms placed between legs. Body on left side, face east. Skin preserved under wrappings.”