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Diary Transcription: begin page 20
Tuesday, February 2, 1915

Finished clearing pit A of mastaba 3041 of limestone chips.
Finished clearing mud-brick chapel of 3050 of sand. In sand a number of the small ceremonial jars and saucers, one large jar of rough ware with pointed base, a vase of rough ware, rim broken.
Finished clearing street between mastabas 3042 and 3050 of sand. In sand a large number of fragments of dressed limestone, many of which bear parts of a very good inscription. At bottom of ceremonial door near N.E. corner of 3050 a stone slab with a small ceremonial blood basin cut into it.

[ILLUSTRATION of area including G 3030, G 3040, G 3041, G 3050]

Finished clearing street between 3030 and 3042 of sand.
Clearing drift sand from Pits A, B, C of mastaba 3042.

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Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Expedition diary pages
  • Department
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Credit Line
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Display Page Dates
    Modern
  • Display Page Dates
    02/02/1915
  • Author
    Mr. H. Lyman Story

Tombs and Monuments 4

  • G 3030

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 3041

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 3042

    • Site Name Western Cemetery
  • G 3050

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 1

Modern People