TAA i.2.1.147

MARCH

1st.

The last days in February were occupied in completing the

remainder of the objects - such as the THOUERIS coy/<u>ch, and

the bed portion of the HATHOR couch and the second statue

from the anichamber^sic. They are noe/<w> all finished and for

their photographing - a task Burton will begin next Wednes-

daa/<y>.

On the 27th. of last month Ziwa Pasha, the P.M., paid us

a visit. H e seem[ed] very pleased with the discovery and

the results of our discovery in general.

March 1^st to 31^st were spent photographing the objects

and packing do. The last few days being spent in

making various dispositions in the laboratory and tomb

preparatory to next Autumn's campaign.

The cases, 19 in all, of antiquities were sent per steamer

to Cairo on the 31^st Mach<rc>h - and on the sxxx[?] same

day both the laboratory and the tomb were closed for the season.