Arabic Diary, Vol.1, p.54

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Diary Translation: begin page 54
Saturday, December 6, 1924 (continued)

(6) Shaft 7101 I (continued)

They found in the debris of the burial chamber:
1 head of a wooden statue of a bird
Wooden models of sailors, broken and rotted
fragments of a wooden coffin, rotted
3 fragments of pottery plate
1 fragment of a pottery plate

Here is a drawing of the shaft.

ILLUSTRATION

(7) Shaft 7101 J

Ahmed Abd Al-Maula was working on shaft 7101 J. The fill of the shaft is rubble, limestone chips and stone blocks. They dug down a total of 170 cm. There is no burial chamber.

(8) Shaft 7101 K

Mahmud Abd Al-Aziiz was excavating shaft 7101 K. The fill of the shaft is limestone chips, rubble and stone blocks. The debris is mixed, because of plundering activities. They dug down a total of 1 m. There is no burial chamber. They found in the debris fragments of pottery plate.

(9) Shaft 7101 L

Mahmud Yousef was working on shaft 7101 L. The fill of the shaft is limestone chips, rubble and stone blocks. They dug down a total of 4 m. The burial chamber is on the southwest. They cleared the burial chamber. They did not find anything in it. This shaft is connected with shaft 7101 J. they found in the debris of this shaft:
fragments of an alabaster statuette
1 fragment of a granite statuette
potsherds

(10) Shaft 7101 M

A crew of workmen started clearing shaft 7101 M. They dismantled the walls of the silo, and then cleared the shaft to a depth of 2 meters. The fill of the shaft is rubble and limestone chips. They found in the fill of the shaft:
1 wig fragment of a granite statuette
3 limestone fragments, inscribed

(11) Shaft 7110 [B]

And some of the people were working on the burial chamber of shaft 7110 [B]. They were removing debris of sand and rubble.

(12) Mastaba 7120

And some of the people were working on the area between Mastaba 7120 and Mastaba 7130. The debris is sand, dark soil, and stone blocks. They were dumping the debris on the embankment of the railway tracks and on the northern corner of Mastaba 7130. And also they found in the debris between Mastaba 7120 and Mastaba 7130:
fragments of a faience bowl
1 fragment of a copper eyebrow
1 faience amulet
1 faience eye-shaped amulet
1 faience bead
1 faience discoid bead
1 copper discoid bead

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