Arabic Diary, Vol.2, p.138

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Thursday, January 15, 1925 (continued)

[(3) Shaft 7102 G (continued)]

ILLUSTRATION

(4) [Shaft] 7130 B

Darwish and a crew of workmen were on this shaft. They were removing debris of sand, dark soil, rubble and stone blocks. The fill is mixed up because of plundering activities. They cleared this shaft to a depth of 14.75 m.

(5) [Shaft] 7214 N

Abd Al-Salam Abd Al-Aziim was working on this shaft. They were removing debris of loose sand. They found in the debris:
1 modern copper coin; it seems that this shaft was plundered recently
4 fragments of an alabaster statuette
1 fragment of a granite statuette
3 fragments of a shawabti
We also found in the debris nearby the shaft:
1 large pottery jar
1 pottery jug, painted
1 copper tool
They cleared this shaft. There is no burial chamber. This shaft is 5.5 m deep.

(6) [Shaft] 7214 P

Khalil Abu Al-Hamid was working on this shaft. Its walls are built with mud brick except for the south wall, which is built with rubble. The fill of the shaft is mixed up because of plundering activities. There is no burial chamber. This shaft is 135 cm. deep. He reached the bottom of the shaft.

(7) [Shaft] 7320 X

Atittu Mourad and a crew of workmen were working on this shaft. He was removing debris of limestone chips, rubble and stone blocks. The fill is mixed up because of plundering activities. They cleared this shaft to a depth of 10.30 m.
They uncovered burial chambers. There is a burial chamber on the south and another one on the north. The southern burial chamber has two chambers.
The northern chamber is large and filled with debris. There is a limestone sarcophagus in the burial chamber. There is a mummy in the sarcophagus.
There is another sarcophagus; its lid has a human face [i.e., anthropoid sarcophagus]. The face of the sarcophagus is broken.
There are also two niches in the eastern wall, whereas the west wall has a recess. Perhaps these niches and this recess were used by the Romans for burial.
They found in the fill of the shaft:

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