Vol.17.p.254

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Saturday, March 20, 1926 (continued)

Cars emptied:
Line VII to 8 am: 70, 8:30 to noon: 100, 1:00 to 5:00 pm: 110
total: 280
force weakened by work in pits

(1) G 7000 X
Dunham had day off and no work was done on G 7000 X.

(2) Street G 7100 S
Cleared out embankment and part of the debris thrown by us in front of door of south chapel of G 7140.
Also began clearing southeast corner of G 7140 and the upper part of the niche in which the chapel of G 7140 was built.

(3) G 7140
G 7140 S niche in core: Began clearing out debris in south side in core G 7140 in which the chapel was built.
[ILLUSTRATION]
Exposed a communal grave of Ptolemaic [GLYPHS] period in which lay five or more mummies. Above there were a few fragments ushabtis, amulet, etc.

(4) G 7130 [G 7134]
G 7130 Z [= G 7134]: Depth 12.4 meters. Chamber on west. Door block of slabs, penetrated by thieves.

(5) G 7140 [G 7135]
G 7140 X [= G 7135]: Depth 10.6 meters, debris changed to dirty at 4 meters. Chamber on west. Block of two large slabs penetrated at top.
G 7140 Y [= G 7135]: Down 8.25 meters.
G 7140 Z [= G 7135]: Down 5.5 meters. At 5 meters found a battered pair statuette [26-3-124] (no heads). Inscribed on laps. Man and woman [Iyti and Neferut].

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