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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1025, G 1234

Portions of two small limestone statues (front): [G 1025a A] Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19822; [G 1231 (= G 1234) (?)] Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11894_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1025, G 1234
  • Date
    1905
  • Remarks
    provenance: attribution of 6-19762 to G 1231 (= G 1234) based on reference in Porter-Moss p. 60 (which is based on reference in HESPOK p. 65), Reisner's report to P.A. Hearst for 1903-1904 season attributes this statue to wadi cemetery
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: description corrected: GW 24 changed to read G 1231 based on caption for mounted print and comparison to C11888-11890; BUT G 1231 = G 1234); orientation and identifications verified; statues not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906); Hearst numbers verified
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 1025

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 1234

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Finds 2

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Photographer
    • 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.