Arabic Diary, Vol.2, p.139

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Diary Translation: begin page 139
Thursday, January 15, 1925 (continued)

(7) [Shaft] 7320 X (continued)

3 fragments of shawabtis
1 fragment of a faience amulet
1 handle fragment of a pottery vessel
They also found on Street [G] 7300, to the north of this shaft:
1 faience scarab, decorated and incomplete

Here is a drawing of the burial chambers:

ILLUSTRATION

(8) [Shaft] 7430 A

Barbary Ahmed and a crew of workmen were working on this shaft. They were removing debris of wind-blown sand. They cleared this shaft to a depth of 16.00 m. This shaft was previously excavated by the Government.
The workmen uncovered the burial chamber. It is on the south. There is a cutting in the floor of the burial chamber on the north. This cutting was probably used to introduce the sarcophagus into the burial chamber. The sarcophagus was moved by the Government; it is now in the [Cairo] Museum.

(9) [Shaft] 7510 B

Hasan Abu Al-Youssir and a crew of workmen were working on this shaft. They were removing debris of sand, rubble and stone blocks. They cleared this shaft to a depth of 12.5 m. The workmen were using ladders to clear this shaft.

A crew of workmen was working to the north of the chapel of Mastaba 7102. They were removing the dump and some rubble and limestone chips. They found in the debris:
1 copper ring
1 faience scarab, decorated

Here is the amount of debris moved on the railways, given in carloads:
II IV V
18 24 47 carloads until 8:00 am
54 71 127 carloads from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
75 94 152 carloads from 1:00 pm to the end of the day
147 189 326 total

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