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

Roman and Arabic coins, iron wedge, and other miscellaneous objects from Menkaure pyramid temple: [room 29] 07-2-1 (iron wedge), [pillared hall 27] 07-2-2, 07-2-3, 07-2-4, 07-2-5, 07-2-6, 07-2-7, 07-2-8, 07-2-9, 07-2-10 (nine Arabic bronze coins)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_A233_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    June 1907
  • Problems/Questions
    not all objects identified; registration numbers (for those identified) based on publication p. 19 (no registration records from this date); Reisner reference verified
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

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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.