Arabic Diary, Vol.2, p.157

Diary Transcription:

Diary Translation: begin page 157
Wednesday, January 21, 1925 (continued)

(21) [Shaft] 7510 B

Darwish and a crew of workmen were on this shaft. They were breaking large stone blocks and removing Roman debris. They cleared this shaft to a depth of 19 m.

Here is the amount of debris moved on railways, given in carloads:
V
41 carloads until 8:00 am
142 carloads from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
160 carloads from 1:00 pm to the end of the day
343 total

Today, the Director [Dr. George Andrew Reisner] and his family left by car at 10:30 am in order to take the 12:15 pm train to Alexandria.

Thursday, January 22, 1925

The workforce was 151 workmen. Work was progressing on (1) Street [G] 7400; (2) Mastaba 7801; (3) shaft 7101 O; (4) shaft 7101 S; (5) Mastaba 7112; (6) shaft 7215 T; (7) shaft 7310 Y; (8) shaft 7310 Z; and (9) shaft 7510 B.

(1) [Street G] 7400

Work was progressing on this street. They were removing Roman debris accumulated south and north of the chapel of Mastaba 7420. The debris consists of rubble and stone blocks.
They found in the Roman debris:
1 large Roman jar
2 pottery jugs, one complete and the other is missing the neck
1 pottery plate
1 small figurine of a ram deity
1 neck of a faience jug
1 lower part of a faience figurine

We also cleared the roofing stones of shaft 7420 Y. This burial is Roman and is located to the south of the chapel of Mastaba 7420. The grave is built with rubble.
Also, we found shaft 7420 Z. It is located 12.90 m to the north of the chapel. It is roofed with rubble. Its walls are also built with rubble. This grave is built on top of the core of Mastaba 7420. This is a Roman grave. There was no mummy in the grave.
We found two mummies to the north of this grave. Their heads are on the north. They are buried under Roman debris. There were no walls around them.
We also found a structure to the north of the chapel of Mastaba 7420. This structure is blocking off the street. There is also a rubble wall extending from this structure to shaft [7420] Y.
The drawing of Mastaba 7420 and the rubble wall are on the next page (158).

(2) [Mastaba] 7801

Work was progressing on this area. They were removing debris of limestone chips and stone blocks. We uncovered the foundation of a mastaba and some shafts. We have not yet cleared them entirely.

End of Page 157