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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Amulets from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27), all from mummy 47: top row: 07-2-35 (= MFA 11.795, ring), 07-2-31 (= MFA 11.805, flask), 07-2-29 (two aegis, left = MFA 11.803, right = MFA 11.804), 07-2-37 (= MFA 11.799, udjat), 07-2-30 (= MFA 11.807, amulet); middle row: 07-2-36 (= MFA 11.801, Bes, one of four), 07-2-34 (= MFA 11.800, baboon), 07-2-36 (Bes, two of four, left = MFA 11.809, right = MFA 11.796), 07-2-32 (= MFA 11.806, Pataikos, upper), 07-2-33 (= MFA 11.810, Pataikos, lower); bottom row: 07-2-38 (= MFA 11.797, cat-headed goddess), 07-2-36 (= MFA 11.798, Bes, one of four), 07-2-39 (= MFA 11.802, cat-headed goddess)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_A158_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    04/17/1907
  • Remarks
    Unsuccessful attempt to get three views of each object in one photo.
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: middle row: Bes amulet on far left (only back and part of front visible) does not appear to be any of the four Bes amulets recorded in the publication for this locus (mummy 47); identifications based on publication pp. 259-260 (no registration records from this date) (see also B613); MFA accession numbers verified
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 15

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.