Item Bonomi MSS 1.1.11 - Egypt. Saqqara. Step pyramid enclosure of Netjerikhet. Underground rooms

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Plans with measurements of underground rooms of step pyramid enclosure of Netjerikhet at Saqqara (TopBib iii2.401-402):

• pencil sketch on paper
• loose
• 17.2 x 11 cm
• [on sketch] 'tuffle' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'block / block' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'North east / corner' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'blocked / tuffle' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'tuffle' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'blocked / up north / stairs' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'North(?) / first / room' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'blocked / middle / rubbish' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'end of masonry' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'blocked / stones / slight corner of 4 feet' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'cavern / ascending / well / blocked / rubbish / stones' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'of stone(?) stairs / Ceilings rough rock / never been smooth / ornaments following(?) the / irregularities of the rock' (pencil note)

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