Vol.13.p.268

Display page dates: 03/01/1925

Diary Transcription: microfilm: begin page 268

Sunday, March 1, 1925
109th day of work

Quftis: 85
Locals: 89
[total]: 174

Cars emptied:
Line V 6:30 am - 8:00 am: 35, 8:30 am - noon: 105, 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm: 60
Line VI 6:30 am - 8:00 am: 18, 8:30 am - noon: 35, 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm: 34
totals 6:30 am - 8:00 am: 53, 8:30 am - noon: 140, 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm: 94
[grand totals] Line V 200, Line VI 87, totals 287

work on:
(1) Street G 7300
(2) Street G 7400
(3) Street G 7500
(4) Tops of mastabas
(5) G 7000 X

[margin note]Said 1) street G 7000, 2) street G 7200, 3) street G 7300, 4) street G 7400, 5) street G 7500, 6) G 7000 X, 7) G 7510, 8) pit G 7509 E, 9) pit G 7509 R, 10) pit G 7509 S, 11) pit G 7509 T, 12) pit G 7509 U, 13) G 7522 E, 14) G 7522 A, 15) G 7523 B, 16) G 7510 N, 17) G 7610 W, 18) G 7620 O, 19) G 7710 B

(1) Street G 7300
Clearing up continues in this street towards the south.

(2) Street G 7400
All the Ptolemaic-Roman burials are now cleared away and a drainage channel which has been covered over with stones and runs northeast and then north has been found under them.

(3) Street G 7500
The new mastabas and pits at the north end of this street were planned today (see overlap).

Work is now confined to a few pits as follows:
G 7509 R: Cleared. (This is the "Pit north of G 7522" on page 267) (and page 263)
G 7509 S: Cleared. (This is the "Pit north of the previous former" on page 267) (and page 263)
G 7509 T: Cleared. (This is the "Pit sloping passage to south" on page 266)
G 7509 U: Pit cleared 650 deep. Chambers on north and south. Filthy debris. (This is the pit "next to former of northeast" on page 266)
G 7523 B: Clearing dirty debris from chamber. Many beads, some in position.
G 7523 C: Has now been numbered G 7523 Y.

[Two concealed sarcophagi later found under floor, containing bodies, heads east.]

New numbers include
G 7610 N: "Pit northeast of G 7610 X" on page 263.
G 7523 V: "Pit 2 meters northeast of G 7610 R" on page 261 and 263.

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