Vol.32.p.663

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Monday, May 9, 1938 (continued)

(3) G 2223a
Rubble mastaba. North of G 2223, south of G 2222 and east of G 2154a. One shaft, A.

G 2223a A: In shaft and chamber. Lined above with rubble and rock cut below. In middle of mastaba. Total depth 2.8 meters. Excavated before 70 cm. Sand and drift papers. Unfinished cutting on east side of shaft. Chamber on west. Cut in rock. No blocking. Cleared. Drawing.

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Drawing of G 2222, G 2223 and G 2223a.

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Tuesday, May 10, 1938
Day of rest.

Wednesday, May 11, 1938

Work on
(1) G 2152 C(2)
(2) G 4121

(1) G 2152
G 2152 C(2): In shaft. Cut in rock. Below the chamber of G 2152 C(1), and south of A. Total depth 2.78 meters. Rubble, limestone debris, stones, below the stones is limestone debris, potsherds and dirty debris. Chamber on west. Cut in rock. Blocked with dubsh and bound with mud. Found in shaft debris: fragment of limestone stela with traces of red paint and black paint on the upper part. Blocking left for photo.

(2) G 4121
In exposing the lining of the mastaba. It is a stone mastaba and in exposing the shafts. Sand, limestone debris and rubble. Two shafts exposed. The lining and the remains of the shafts not yet exposed. The two shafts not yet lettered and not started in them.

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