Arabic Diary, Vol.27, p.2135

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Monday, November 18, 1935, the Pyramids (continued)

(2) Shafts 4519 A, B, C, D, F, G, H, K, M, and N (continued)

Shaft [4519] H

We removed the blocking stones of the burial chamber. The debris is limestone chips, stones, and dust. In the burial chamber there are some bones of a skeleton; they are disjointed and missing the skull. We left the skeleton in place for drawing and photography.

Shaft [4519] K

We removed the blocking stones of the burial chamber, and dismantled the roof as well. The debris is mud-bricks. On top of the skeleton there are some limestone chips, rubble, and dark soil. The skeleton is in [a] contracted position; the head is to the north. We left the skeleton in place for drawing and photography.

Shaft [4519] M

We removed the blocking stones of the burial chamber. The debris is mud-brick. In the burial chamber there is a layer of dark soil. There is also a rock-cut sarcophagus on a north-south axis. The lid is not on top of the sarcophagus. There is a skeleton in the sarcophagus. We left it for drawing and photography.

Shaft [4519] N

We removed the blocking stones of the burial chamber roof. The debris is stones broken from the roof, and sand and silt deposited by rain above the body. The head is to the north. We left the skeleton in place for drawing and photography.

(3) Shaft 4611 A

Othman [Youness] and the workmen were in the shaft and burial chamber. The walls are stones on top and [it is] cut into the Gebel on the bottom. It was previously dug to a depth of 675 cm. They dug down a total of 710 cm. The debris is dark soil, some paper, sand, and stones. Its burial chamber is to the south. It is cut into the Gebel, and there are no blocking stones. There is a rock-cut sarcophagus in the burial chamber to the west; it is on a north-south axis. The lid is not in place. There is nothing in the sarcophagus. Also there is another cutting on a north-south axis in the floor of the burial chamber west of this sarcophagus. This cutting was possibly another rock-cut sarcophagus. There was no lid for the second sarcophagus. We cleared the burial chamber for drawing and photography. Here is its drawing:

ILLUSTRATION

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