Arabic Diary, Vol.27, p.2144

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Thursday, November 21, 1935, the Pyramids (continued)

Shaft [4811] B (continued)

Also a canopic recess was found in the burial chamber to the east of the sarcophagus; the recess was not sealed. In the canopic recess, there are small model alabaster dishes and three stone vessels. South of the canopic recess, i.e., east of the entrance of the burial chamber, there is a small square cutting in the bedrock. Its northern wall is lined with stones. It is filled with white limestone chips. It seems that this cutting was part of an effort to make a descending ramp for the transportation of the coffin and the funerary equipment into the burial chamber. We found in the burial chamber:

4 limestone vessels, without lids [possibly four canopic jars]: numbers 1, 22, 23, 24

pieces of rotted wood: number 2

1 whetstone for sharpening the chisels (sandstone): number 3

1 pillar of an alabaster headrest: number 4 [ILLUSTRATION]

1 alabaster kohl pot: number 5

1 alabaster ink pot: number 6

11 small alabaster dishes: numbers 7 to 17

2 small alabaster dishes: numbers 25 and 27 in the canopic recess

4 small alabaster dishes: numbers 28 to 31

fragment of an alabaster dish: number 32

fragment of an alabaster dish: number 33

1 small alabaster lid: number 34

10 small alabaster dishes: numbers 36 to 45

7 small alabaster dishes: numbers 46 to 52

7 small alabaster dishes: numbers 53 to 59

1 alabaster dish, missing parts: number 60

5 small alabaster dishes: numbers 63 to 67

fragment of a small alabaster dish: number 68

fragment of a small alabaster dish: number 69

1 alabaster dish: number 70

2 pottery ink pots: numbers 18 and 19

2 bases of pottery jars: numbers 20 and 21

1 pottery ink pot, missing the base: number 26

fragment of a small alabaster dish: no number

1 pottery ink pot: number 35

2 ink pots: numbers 61 and 61 [mistake for 62 (?)]

1 fragment of an alabaster dish: no number

3 small alabaster dishes: no numbers

half of a small alabaster dish: no number

1 top of an alabaster headrest: number 71 [ILLUSTRATION]

1 base of an alabaster headrest, broken into two pieces: numbers 72 and 73 [ILLUSTRATION]

3 faience beads in the debris: no numbers

skull of a human skeleton, broken: no number

Bull bones: no number

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