Vol.31.p.552

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Thursday, November 4, 1937

Work on
(1) G 2041

(1) West of G 2041
West of the mastaba. In exposing the lining and the casing of the mastaba on west. Drift sand. Nothing exposed yet.

Some guards and boys in preparing the car road. Some of the boys and guards in binding the roof of the Doctor's room.

Friday, November 5, 1937

"HAPPY DAY IN OUR LIFE, THE SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY OF OUR MUDIR." "A GREAT CEREMONY WAS HELD AT 9 a.m. And A REPEATER GOLDEN WATCH WAS HANDED TO THE DOCTOR BY MOHAMMED SAID AHMED ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS AND BOYS IN THE BOSTON MUSEUM AND FRIENDS AND BOYS AT THE HARVARD CAMP [Including all the members of the staff, the house boys and all the guards at the Harvard Camp on that day.

ADDRESS IN ARABIC BY MOHAMMED SAID, MESSAGE FROM THOSE WHO PRESENTED THE REPEATER WATCH SENT FROM BOSTON AND READ BY MAHMUD SAID AHMED AND A POEM COMPOSED AND READ BY MAHMUD SAID AHMED. MANY SNAPSHOTS WERE TAKEN, MANY TELEGRAMS AND LETTERS WERE RECEIVED."

Work on
(1) G 2041

(1) West of G 2041
West of this mastaba. In exposing the lining and the casing of the mastaba on west for drawing. Drift sand. Nothing exposed yet.

Some of the boys and guards in binding the kitchen's roof and the Arabic office.

Saturday, November 6, 1937

Work on
(1) G 1039

(1) G 1039
In the room of the mastaba. It is lined with dubsh and mud and bound with mud, plaster and gypsum. Sand, limestone debris, dubsh and stones. Door on north opened to E. Not yet cleared.

Some boys and guards in binding the terracina, the dining room and the tea room (only the roof of these three rooms).

Sunday, November 7, 1937

Work on
(1) G 1039
(2) G 1366 A
(3) G 1026c A
(4) G 2026d A, B
(5) G 2033 A, X

(1) G 1039
In the room of the mastaba. Sand, limestone debris, dubsh and stones. Four uninscribed mud-brick stelae on the west wall cleared. Drawing.

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