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Sunday, November 22, 1925
Fifth day of work.

Workmen:
Quftis: 100
(four men who came, taken on)

Work on:
(1) Front of G 6010
(2) G 6010 rooms a, b, d, e and f
(3) G 6010 pit A
(4) G 6020 room b and serdab
(5) G 6030 pit B
(6) G 6011
(7) G 6012
(8) G 6013

(1) G 6010
Continued clearing front of G 6010 and reached southeast corner, exposing G 6011, G 6012 and G 6013 (see below)

(2) G 6010
G 6010 rooms a, b, d, e and f: One gang cleared G 6010 a and worked on b through the outer doorway. The thieves retaining wall was removed (see yesterday) and more than half the drift sand in b. The top of the west wall of b, which is an open court was exposed and in the middle about a meter below the top appeared the top of a niche in which stands a life-size figure of a man emerging from the back of the niche and half engaged in stone (like very high relief but en face). The head and shoulders only have been seen.
A second gang was clearing drift sand from room e and having reached the floor on the north and west went on into rooms d and f. The sand is going out over the south wall.

[ILLUSTRATION]

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Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.14.p.013
Alternate IDs
Vol.14.p.013; HUMFA_Vol.14.p.013
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
11/22/1925
Title
Vol.14.p.013
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Tombs and Monuments 6

Photos 1

Modern People 1