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[Monday, May 2, 1910, continued]

[packing list]

[Box XXII, continued from page 49]
1 diorite bowl MVT
1 slate bowl MVT
1 white stone jar with rope pattern in relief MVT [MFA 11.726]

(also loose in 15)
sack with fragments of inscribed basis (1908)
sack with fragments of great statue (1907) [MFA 09.204]
pieces of arm of alab. torso (1907)
a diorite offering table (1908) [MFA 11.740]
16 packages fragments stone vessels

End of Case 15

Case 12.
shattered slate triad [MFA 11.3147]

Case 19.
contains royal pair statue of slate 3/4 life size [Menkaure] and Queen [MFA 11.1738]

End of packing list

There remain a certain number fragments here, and some pottery -- none of which is of any present importance for the Museum. There is in the house at Girga a large collection of prehistoric pottery of which only the best samples have been sent.

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Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Expedition diary pages
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Display Page Dates
    05/02/1910
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.