Arabic Diary, Vol.2, p.131

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Monday, January 12, 1925

The workforce was 158 workmen. We have not yet paid them their wages. Work was progressing on (1) Street [G] 7300; (2) Street [G] 7400; (3) [Mastaba] 7102 chapel; (4) shaft 7130 B; (5) shaft 7320 X; and (6) shaft 7510 B.

(1) Street [G] 7300

The workmen were divided into two crews.
The first crew was working in the chapel of Mastaba 7310, and to the south of the chapel as well. They were removing debris of sand, limestone chips, stone blocks and rubble. This layer dates to the Roman [Period]. The debris of the chapel is mixed up because of the sebakh-digging activities.
The second crew was working to the north of shaft 7320 X. They were removing debris of sand, limestone chips and rubble. This debris is original.

(2) Street [G] 7400

The workmen were divided into two crews.
The first crew was working on Avenue [G] 2, and in the area between Mastaba 7420 and Mastaba 7430. They were also clearing the area to the south of the Roman wall, which is located between the mastabas. They were clearing the mixed debris, which was left behind by sebakh-diggers. Under this layer of debris, there is another layer of limestone chips, sand and stone blocks. The blocks are from the core of the mastaba.
They found in the debris of the sebakh-diggers:
1 head of a faience shawabti
1 lower part of a faience shawabti
1 faience bird
1 faience figurine of a goddess nursing her child
1 faience object
2 faience eye-shaped amulets
1 copper pin
½ faience eye-shaped amulet
½ faience discoid bead
1 flint tool in the shape of a bird tongue [25-1-718]

The second crew of workmen was working on the southwest corner of Mastaba 7510. They were also working on the area in front of Mastaba 7430. They were removing debris of sand, dark soil and rubble. This layer of debris is from the Roman [Period]. Under this layer, there is another layer of sand, limestone chips and stone blocks. The lower layer contains original debris. We uncovered an [architectural feature], which looks like a pillar. We have not uncovered it entirely yet. It is covered with Roman mud bricks. We stopped exposing the pillar, until we finish drawing the Roman mud brick wall. We found nearby this pillar:
.. limestone fragments, inscribed with hieroglyphs and scenes
1 flint tool

(3) [Mastaba] 7102 [Chapel]

A crew of workmen was working on the chapel of Mastaba 7102. They were clearing debris of sand, limestone chips, rubble and mud brick. We cleared the chapel. Its stairs are extending northward, not as we mentioned yesterday. The upper steps of the stairs are broken. The lower steps are cut into the bedrock, whereas the upper steps are built with stone slabs.
In the court, there is a square recess in the wall. There is also a chamber on the west; it is precisely located to the north of the serdab. This chamber was built with stone blocks; it is destroyed entirely. Only its foundation remains. It was also inscribed because we found three inscribed stone blocks in the chamber.

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