Arabic Diary, Vol.2, p.105

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Diary Translation: begin page 105
Friday, January 2, 1925 (continued)

(9) [Shaft] 7410 B

Mohamed Radwan, Al-Shatir and Zein Al-Abedeen were working on shaft 7410 B. They were removing debris of sand, limestone chips and rubble. They cleared this shaft to a depth of 12.3 m. They were using ladders in clearing this shaft. They found in the debris:
1 fragment of a shawabti, inscribed
1 lower portion of a shawabti

(10) [Shaft] 7420 A

Mohamed Awad and a crew of workmen were working on shaft 7420 A. They were removing debris of sand, and some limestone chips and rubble. We installed the winch on this shaft in the afternoon. They cleared this shaft to a depth of 11 m.

Here is the amount of debris moved on the railways:
II III IV
34 38 10 until 8:00 am
100 110 44 from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
119 120 46 from 1:00 pm to the end of the day
253 268 100 total

Saturday, January 3, 1925

The workforce was 143 workmen. Work was progressing on (1) Street [G] 7100; (2) Street [G] 7200; (3) Street [G] 7300; (4) shaft 7101 Y; (5) shaft 7102 A; (6) shaft 7102 B; (7) shaft 7102 C; (8) shaft 7102 D; (9) shaft 7102 E; (10) shaft 7102 F; (11) shaft 7111 A; (12) shaft 7111 C; (13) shaft 7111 D; (14) shaft 7111 E; (15) Mastaba 7212; (16) shaft 7220 A; (17) shaft 7410 B; (18) shaft 7420 A; and (19) [G 7101] court.

(1) [Street G] 7100

A crew of workmen was working on Street [G] 7100, right in front of Mastaba 7110. They were removing debris of limestone chips, rubble and stone blocks. They found shafts near the core of the mastaba.

(2) [Street G] 7200

Also, a crew of workmen was working on Street [G] 7200. They were removing debris of sand, limestone chips, rubble and stone blocks accumulated on top of Mastaba 7211.
A crew of workmen was also working on the area to the north of Mastaba 7210. They were removing debris of sand, limestone chips, rubble and sand. They were dumping the debris in the concession of the [Egyptian] Government. We also began to clear soil from the north of Mastaba 7310 .
They found in this debris:
1 small limestone fragment, inscribed with an image of a goose
.. discoid faience bead

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