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Diary Transcription: begin page 66
Friday, February 26, 1915 (continued)

…named Sneferu-hotep.
Clearing chambers? outside of this chamber of sand and stone.
Clearing sand from roofed-over stone chamber opposite this fine chamber. In sand a skeleton.
Clearing hard-packed dark rubble debris from over serdab outside fine painted chamber (south end) of mastaba 3008. A mud wall which was built across the serdab was taken down.
Clearing pits of mastaba 3005 of sand and dark debris.
Telegram from Fisher. Nile trip postponed. Excavation at Mit Rahineh to begin soon.
Four white limestone heads boxed. I contains smaller head of man; II contains larger head of man; IV contains head of woman.

End of page 66

Details

ID
UPM_HLS_diary_p066
Alternate IDs
HLS_diary_p066; UPM_HLS_diary_p066
Department
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Period
Modern
Entry Date
02/26/1915
Title
H. Lyman Story Diary, p.066
Medium
Paper
Credit Line
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

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