Arabic Diary, Vol.2, p.123

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Friday, January 9, 1925 (continued)

(2) [Street G] 7300 (continued)

This chapel is destroyed entirely; only the false door remains. We broke some of the blocks fallen on the street. Under these blocks, there is a layer of limestone chips and sand. We uncovered a mud brick structure at the end of this mastaba. Its walls are plastered. They run northward under the debris. We are working on exposing this mud brick wall.
We also uncovered another structure, which seems to be a small mastaba, in front of the chapel of this mastaba [i.e., Mastaba 7320]. It is precisely located to the north of the chapel.

(3) [Street G] 7400

Work was progressing on the chapel of Mastaba 7410. They were also working to the south of this chapel. They were removing debris of sand, limestone chips and rubble.
They uncovered an intrusive Roman [Late Period] burial. The grave is built with rubble and stone blocks. It seems that this chapel was already collapsed before the Romans [Late Period].
Work is progressing southwards; right in front of Mastaba 7420. They were removing debris of sand and limestone chips. The debris on the street is from the shafts of Mastaba [7420]. The workmen reached the chapel of Mastaba [7420]. The debris on top of the chapel is limestone chips, rubble, stone blocks and sebakh. Under the debris, there is a layer of sand and dark soil. They found in the Roman [Late Period] layer:
3 pottery jugs
4 painted pottery jugs
½ pottery incense burner
6 fragments of shawabtis
2 fragments of faience bowls
1 faience eye-shaped amulet
1 small faience figurine
1 faience eye-shaped [amulet]
1 fragment of a faience bowl, decorated
3 faience discoid beads
1 faience bead
.. fragments of faience eye-shaped amulets
1 fragment of a faience figurine

(4) [Shaft] 7111 C

Darwish cleared this shaft. The burial chamber was opened. They cleared this shaft to a depth of 6.86 m. Here is a drawing of the burial chamber:

ILLUSTRATION

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