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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2041

Block of relief from G 2041, [GLYPHS] Senenuka, chapel, W wall, offering list: part of nine fitting blocks of relief = MFA 07.1000 + MFA 07.1001 + MFA 07.1003 + MFA 07.1004 + MFA 07.1005

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_B8_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2041
  • Date
    1906-1907
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: identification verified; object not registered (no registration records from this date); MFA accession number verified
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2041

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Finds 5

People 1

Modern People

  • Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

    • Type Photographer
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1908–1926. In his "A History of the Giza Necropolis I," George A Reisner described Said Ahmed Said as "the most gifted foreman who ever worked for the expedition." Father of Mohammed Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Head Reis 1936–1939), Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator), Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.