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Monday, January 19, 1925 (continued)

(4) G 7510
G 7510 B: The debris from the pit is still being cleared, and consists of clean sand and large stones. The depth reached today was 1800 cm.

(5) G 7215
A number of new pits have been found near the large crude brick wall running north from mastaba G 7210 and numbered G 7215 L to X.
The positions of all pits G 7215 A to X is as under:

[ILLUSTRATION]

The following pits have been worked on today.
G 7215 E: Pit cleared; the south of pit is in rock; the three other sides are of crude brick. Depth of pit 300 cm. Men now clearing a sloping passage which leads downward to a chamber at south. From the debris in the pit came a fragment of stela showing legs of two persons (colored red). Also a [door jamb, 25-1-970] of a door (H 120, W 32) came from pit. This depicts a man holding a leg of some animal; his name is [GLYPHS] [Qar]. Two vertical Lines of text read: [GLYPHS]

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Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.12.p.187
Alternate IDs
Vol.12.p.187; HUMFA_Vol.12.p.187
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
01/19/1925
Title
Vol.12.p.187
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Tombs and Monuments 3

Photos 1

Ancient People 1

Modern People 1