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Wednesday,January 1, 1936

Work on
(1) G 2100 A

(1) G 2100
G 2100 A: In shaft, rock below. Down 7 meters. Sand. Not reached the rock in shaft, not reached the chamber.

Thursday, January 2, 1936

Work on
(1) G 2100 A

(1) G 2100
G 2100 A: In shaft, rock below. Down 8.4 meters. Sand. Not reached the rock in shaft, not reached the chamber.

Friday, January 3, 1936

Work on
(1) G 2000
(2) G 2100 A

(1) G 2000
In digging hole east of the mastaba. Limestone debris and underneath pebble mixed with red sand. Exposing the rock into the hole.

(2) G 2100
G 2100 A: In shaft. Sand. Down 9.5 meters. Chamber on south cut in rock. It has a white well made casing around the chamber. Blocked with white well made stones bound with gypsum. On east the blocking partly destroyed. Outside the blocking a big stone covered the blocking, only broken on east. Found in chamber: small alabaster dishes, some are not complete, and some wooden fragments. Canopic pit in the southeast corner lid gone, inside the canopic pit skull and some bones of body. Not reached the rock in shaft. The objects are not yet removed from the chamber.

Saturday, January 4, 1936

Work on
(1) G 2000
(2) G 2130

(1) G 2000
In digging two holes west of the mastaba. Limestone debris and pebble. Exposing the rock in the two holes. On north side of the mastaba we found a limestone block with mason's marks in red.

[ILLUSTRATION]

(2) North of G 2130
In street north of the mastaba, between this mastaba and G 2210, drift sand, limestone debris and stones fall[en] from the building of the mastabas. The street not yet cleared.

Sunday, January 5, 1936

Work on
(1) G 2130

(1) North of G 2130
In the street north of the mastaba, between this mastaba and G 2210, drift sand, stones from the two mastabas, dubsh and limestone debris. The street not yet cleared.

Monday, January 6, 1936

Work on
(1) G 2130

(1) North of G 2130
In the street north of the mastaba, between this mastaba and G 2210, drift sand, stones, dubsh and limestone debris. The street not yet cleared.

Prepared a railway line running from the street to the west of mastaba G 2100.

Tuesday, January 7, 1936
Day of rest.

Wednesday, January 8, 1936

Work on
(1) G 2100 A
(2) G 2130

(1) G 2100
G 2100 A: Removed the objects from the chamber. The objects are: eighteen small alabaster dishes (complete), one small alabaster cup broken (not complete), small potsherds, body with the skull. Cleared the chamber on the floor. The debris which is in the shaft and the remains of the blocking not yet removed.

(2) North of G 2130
In the street, north of the mastaba, between this mastaba and G 2210. Drift sand and underneath stones fallen from the two mastaba, dubsh and limestone debris.
Work in the street on west side, the street not yet cleared.

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Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.28.p.225
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_Vol.28.p.225; Vol.28.p.225
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
01/01/1936 through 01/08/1936
Title
Vol.28.p.225
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

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