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Limestone head (reserve head?).

Details

  • ID
    EMC_TR_19.11.24.5
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Giza
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    25 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/15595
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    From excavations of George Reisner or Hermann Junker at Giza.
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; Hermann Junker; RELATED MEDIA: EMC_TR_VII_Sp199-200lr

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Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • 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.

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

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