Vol.30.p.427

Diary Transcription:

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Friday, December 18, 1936

Work on
(1) G 7560 B

(1) G 7560
G 7560 B: In shafts. It is rock below. Down 3 meters. Limestone debris, and stones. Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.

Saturday, December 19, 1936

Work on
(1) G 7560 B

(1) G 7560
G 7560 B: In shaft. Down 6 meters. Limestone debris and dubsh. Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.

Sunday, December 20, 1936

Work on
(1) G 7560 B

(1) G 7560
G 7560 B: In shaft. Down 8.5 meters. Limestone debris, and dubsh. Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.

Monday, December 21, 1936

Work on
(1) G 7560 B

(1) G 7560
G 7560 B: In shaft. Down 10.5 meters. Limestone debris, dubsh and stones. Not reached the rock in shaft.

Tuesday, December 22, 1936
Day of rest.

Wednesday, December 23, 1936

Work on
(1) G 7560 B

(1) G 7560
G 7560 B: In shaft. Down 12.4 meters. Limestone debris, dubsh and stones. Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lindon Smith arrived from America at 12:30.

Thursday, December 24, 1936

Work on
(1) G 7130 B
(2) G 7560 B

(1) G 7130
G 7130 B: Removed the limestone fragment with traces of blue and red colors from the second chamber.

(2) G 7560
G 7560 B: In shaft. Down 14.3 meters. Limestone debris, dubsh and sand. Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.

Friday, December 25, 1936

Work on
(1) G 7560 B

(1) G 7560
G 7560 B: In shaft. Down 15.8 meters. Sand, dubsh and stones. Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.

Saturday, December 26, 1936

Work on
(1) G 7560 B

(1) G 7560
G 7560 B: In shaft. Down 16.1 meters. Sand and dubsh. Not reached the rock in shaft and not reached the chamber.

WE STOPPED THE WORK AT 8:30 BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF ABD EL AZIM TANTAWI IN THE C.M.S. HOSPITAL.

Sunday, December 27, 1936

Work on
(1) G 7560 B

(1) G 7560
G 7560 B: In shaft. Total depth 18.05 meters. Limestone debris and dubsh and fragments from a white limestone coffin and limestone debris. Chamber on south. Cut in rock. Blocked with stones only partly destroyed on west. Found in shaft debris - potsherds and the white limestone fragments of the coffin left on the top of the mastaba to be mended. Reached the rock in shaft. Not started in the chamber.

Monday, December 28, 1936

Work on
(1) G 7560 B

(1) G 7560
G 7560 B: In chamber. Black debris, silt deposited by rain and dubsh. Not yet cleared.

Tuesday, December 29, 1936
Day of rest.

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