Amulets, beads, shells, and rings from burial in NW corner of court of Menkaure pyramid temple: 06-12-1 (uraeus = MFA 11.890), 06-12-2 (large open work udjat = MFA 11.891), 06-12-3 (udjats = MFA 11.925, MFA 11.936), 06-12-4 (three udjat plaques = MFA 11.924, MFA 11.929, MFA 11.940), 06-12-5 (small crude udjats, including MFA 11.931, MFA 11.934, MFA 11.937, MFA 11.938, MFA 11.939, MFA 11.943, MFA 11.944, MFA 11.945, MFA 11.946, MFA 11.948), 06-12-6 (two Bes amulets, left = MFA 11.892, right = MFA 11.926), 06-12-7 (two menat amulets, left = MFA 11.927, right = MFA 11.928), 06-12-8 (two split cowrie shells), 06-12-9 (faience imitation cowries = MFA 11.3119), 06-12-10 (two silver finger rings, second row: left = MFA 11.953, right = MFA 11.1006), 06-12-11 (various faience beads, some part of MFA 11.3121), __-__-__ (amulet fragment, top row 1/4 = MFA 11.930), __-__-__ (amulet fragment, fifth row 5/7 = MFA 11.933), __-__-__ (silver hook-shaped earring, second row 2/1 = MFA 11.954)
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- ID
- HUMFA_A232_NS
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Subjects
- Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
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- Date
- June 1907
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- Remarks
- 06-12-3: publication (p. 12) lists one udjat, two appear here; 06-12-5: publication (p. 12) lists nine crude udjats, ten appear here; 06-12-9: publication (p. 13) lists eleven imitation cowries, twelve appear here; not all objects shown here included in published object list for this burial.
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- Problems/Questions
- VERIFIED: "room" N (deleted from description) represents N half of GMT court; amulets match description of objects from Roman burial in NW corner of court of MPT (GMT); specific identifications based on publication pp. 12-13 (no registration records from this date); MFA accession numbers verified
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- Photographer
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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- MFAB_11.926
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- MFAB_11.892
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- MFAB_11.890
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- MFAB_11.927
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- MFAB_11.928
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.924
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.925
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.929
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.931
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.934
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.891
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.946
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.948
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.943
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.944
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.945
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.938
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.939
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.940
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.936
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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- MFAB_11.937
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Fragment of faience amulet of deity
- MFAB_11.930
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Fragment of faience amulet of deity
- MFAB_11.933
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Jewelry: silver (?) earring fragment
- MFAB_11.954
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Jewelry: silver (?) finger ring
- MFAB_11.953
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Jewelry: silver (?) finger ring
- MFAB_11.1006
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Jewelry: strand of faience beads
- MFAB_11.3121
Modern People
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- 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.
Name of this image
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- Heather ONeill heather@pixelsforhumans.com
- Nicholas Picardo npicardo@fas.harvard.edu
- Luke Hollis luke@archimedes.digital