8 April 1929

[By George Horsfield and possibly Agnes Conway]
G. H. 
Dug at B. v C. to east of Ez Zantour.  The pottery similar to that from a 1st cent [? In pencil] at lower level.  This part of the city must have been abandoned at this period. And lies S. of Dalman’s Byzantine wall.
Spent the morning with Miss C. in El Farasa E. and El Farasa W. exploring tombs.
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Dug out three tombs that Miss C discovered in Farasa W., moved much filth from two niches – tombs unexcavated – the other had been excavated but yielded nothing but mutton bones and sheep manure.  In Farasa W. saw other niches high up in right hand tombs which may contain something – all accessible ones have been visited by local Arabs.  
 
Saw interesting cistern found by Mahmud on top of Garden Tomb with a vaulted chamber beyond.  Hall of fluted columns visited; corrected plan and made notes in Weygand.  The horizontal slit on front looks as though it were intended to spring vault from.  Saw new type of Tomb; a low chamber with small square door high up in the wall; one on other side of Wady, - half of which has been cut away – exposing section. Have discovered meaning of the horizontal slits in walls – they are to spring arches from; then the interval is covered with slabs to form roof.  
 
At dig in the afternoon – worked quite well – Ali and Arif at one each; spent rest of afternoon in finding N Wall – in which I was successful – but it is very different to Dalman.  Cook complains of being roasted – must put shelter over kitchen.  A.E.C. went to the Edomite High Place in afternoon and took 3 panorama photographs with the ½ plate camera.  

Reference: Horsfield, G. [and possibly Conway, A.] 1929 (transcribed by A. Thornton). Petra Exploration Fund Diary. "Business Papers to be Kept", Horsfield Collection Box 8, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 8 April: 28-30.