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Monday, March 2, 1925
[110th day of work]

Quftis: 85
Locals: 89
[total]: 174

Cars emptied:
Line VI 6:30 am - 8:00 am: 18, 8:30 am - noon: 30, 1:00 pm - 5:15 pm: 35
[total] 83

work on:
(1) Street G 7200
(2) Street G 7400
(3) Street G 7500
(4) Avenue G 0 east of G 7214 J
(5) Tops of mastabas
(6) G 7000 X and pyramid G I-d

(1) Street G 7200
Men are now breaking up and clearing away boulders from the south end of this street, outside interior chapel of G 7220.

(2) Street G 7400
A little clearing continues outside G 7420. Here is the plan of the water, or blood channel found yesterday:

[ILLUSTRATION]

(3) Street G 7500
Clearing chambers of several pits as follows:
G 7509 U: Dirty debris from south chamber.
G 7523 A: Stones and robbers' debris from west chamber.
G 7523 B: Clearing south chamber.
G 7610 W: Clearing dirty debris from chamber.

(4) Avenue G 0
A small number of men and boys are engaged in clearing the surface debris from east and south of G 7214 J and have found here a new pit which will be numbered later. [margin note] G 7216 A)

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Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.13.p.271
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_Vol.13.p.271; Vol.13.p.271
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
03/02/1925
Title
Vol.13.p.271
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Tombs and Monuments 12

Photos 1

Modern People 1