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… made impossible a proper investigation of the conditions. All the number pegs had been disturbed from their positions, the surface soil heap impossible to locate again, and the bottom layer otherwise searched through. Only vessels 30 and 40 were found in their places. In niche 1 which had been refilled with earth, vessels 34 and 36 were found high up under the roof, both of which had come with the earth from outside the tomb. A heavy rain makes further work impossible during the day
17/2After the earth section had been drawn and the at least partly undisturbed bottom layer had been established, this was exposed over the whole remaining (left-hand part of the) tomb. In doing so, masses of sherds were collected, which were distributed roughly evenly over the whole earth mass. The bottom layer, som ut which had been left standing at c 30 cm thickness, was excavated. Here the procedure was the same as before, with the difference … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain