Vol.36.p.979

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page 979

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Sunday, April 28, 1940 (continued)

(2) G 2182 (continued)
G 2182 X: In shaft. Ends at bad rock. Lined with crude brick. It is west of A and south of Y and it is between G 2180 and G 2182. Total depth 1.4 meters, drift sand. Chamber on north built of masonry and roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

G 2182 Y: In shaft and chamber. Ends at rock. Lined with masonry. It is north of X, between that mastaba and G 2180 and west of C. Total depth 1.8 meters, drift sand. Chamber on north built of stones and roofed with slabs. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

(3) G 2183
G 2183 A: In shaft. Lined above with rock and cut in rock below. It is south of B, west of the niche, down 1.2 meters, drift sand. Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.

Today we collect the railway lines and put them north of G 2240.
Also we collect the work equipment axes, etc. and put them in G 2001.
All the men are in building a stone walls between M. Boraize's house and the excavations to prevent people from entering the excavations.

Monday, April 29, 1940

work on
(1) G 2182 D
(2) G 2183 A
(3) G 2352 Z, W

(1) G 2182
G 2182 D: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 5.7 meters, drift sand and limestone debris. Chamber on south cut in rock. No blocking. In the chamber a north-south rock cut coffin with a limestone lid thrown east of it. Cleared. Drawing.

(2) G 2183
G 2183 A: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 2.65 meters, drift sand and limestone debris. Chamber on west cut in rock, very small. No blocking. Also in the shaft on east is a small cutting running to the east. Perhaps they were going to make it a chamber but left unfinished. Cleared. Drawing on page 980.

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