Arabic Diary, Vol.2, p.146

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Diary Translation: begin page 146
Sunday, January 18, 1925 (continued)

(8) [Shaft] 7510 B

A crew of workmen was working on this shaft. They were breaking apart the large boulders from morning until noon. In the afternoon, they were using four winches in order to clear the shaft. The fill of the shaft is limestone chips and rubble. They cleared this shaft to a depth of 16.30 m.

Here is the amount of debris moved on the railways, given in carloads:
II IV V
12 37 62 carloads until 8:00 am
… 87 162 carloads from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
… 84 150 carloads from 1:00 pm to the end of the day
… 208 374 total

Monday, January 19, 1925

The workforce was 156 workmen. We paid them their wages: a total of 4537.7 piasters. Work was progressing on (1) Avenue [G] 2; (2) Street [G] 7300; (3) Street [G] 7400; (4) shaft 7215 B; (5) shaft 7215 C; (6) shaft 7215 E; (7) shaft 7215 F; (8) shaft 7215 I; (9) shaft 7215 K; (10) shaft 7215 L; (11) shaft 7215 M; (12) shaft 7215 N; (13) shaft 7215 O; (14) shaft 7215 P; (15) shaft 7215 Q; (16) shaft 7215 R; (17) shaft 7215 S; (18) shaft 7215 T; (19) shaft 7215 X; (20) shaft 7431 C; and (21) shaft 7510 B.

(1) [Avenue G] 2

A crew of workmen was working on this shaft. They were clearing around Mastaba 7432. They were removing the Roman debris accumulated in front of the niche.
We uncovered a mud brick chamber in front of the niche. We cleared this chamber.
Also, Abd Al-Karim was working on shaft [7432] A. Its fill is sand, dark soil, rubble and limestone chips. The fill is mixed up. There is a rock-cut sarcophagus in the burial chamber. Its lid is also cut into the rock. The sarcophagus is filled with Roman debris.
They found:
1 alabaster slab
1 alabaster object
They cleared this shaft to a depth of 6.45 m. The drawing of Mastaba 7432 and that of this shaft are on the next page (148).

(2) [Street G] 7300

Work was progressing on the northern end of this street. They were clearing debris of limestone chips, rubble, mud bricks and stone blocks. They uncovered a mud brick structure in front of the niche. It is perhaps a Dynasty 6 shaft, but we are not sure. They found an inscribed limestone fragment.
Also, a crew of workmen was working to the north of the street. They were removing the embankment of the railways. They were also exposing the corners of Mastaba 7310 and Mastaba 7410.

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