Vol.17.p.203

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Sunday, February 14, 1926 (continued)

Wrote canceling all engagements for today and tomorrow. We are inexpressibly grieved at so unexpected a loss. Said has been like a son to us.
The body was taken from the hospital to the railroad station and loaded on a box car at 5 p.m. Left on 7 p.m. Upper Egyptian Express. Twelve men went with it to Quft. Mahmud el Khan (Firth's reis) also went. Dunham saw to matters until all was ready.

Monday, February 15, 1926

Today is the day of Said Ahmed's funeral in Quft; and the men have asked to have this day off as a day of mourning and work tomorrow the regular day of rest.
This morning Breasted published the news of the Rockefeller gift, but not the conditions. Dunham worked on G 7000 X.

(1) G 7000 X
Had four photographs taken of the area of floor south of lower pit.
[ILLUSTRATION]
a. looking south close view of west half of area-A3691
b. looking south close view of east half of area-A3692
c. looking south whole area from edge of lower pit southwards-A3693
d. looking south area to south of the above area (the inlaid box etc.)
Dunham made scale plan one-tenth of this area (a, b).

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