Fragments of alabaster statues inscribed with names of Menkaure from Menkaure pyramid temple: top row: MFA 47.2058 (three fitting fragments), unidentified (one fragment), unidentified (one fragment), MFA 47.2050 (upper fragment) + MFA 47.2052 (lower fragment); middle row left: MFA 47.2053 (upper fragment) + unidentified (lower fragment); middle row center: MFA 47.2059 (upper fragment) + MFA 47.2051 (lower fragment); bottom row left: unidentified (upper fragment) + MFA 47.2056 (lower fragment); bottom row right: MFA 47.2049 (upper fragment) + MFA 47.2054 (lower fragment)
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- ID
- HUMFA_B44_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
- 02/14/1907
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- Problems/Questions
- VERIFIED: provenance as Menkaure pyramid temple based on published caption; MFA accession numbers verified; Reisner reference verified
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- Photographer
- Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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Fragment of alabaster royal statue
- MFAB_47.2049
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Fragment of alabaster royal statue
- MFAB_47.2050
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Fragment of alabaster royal statue
- MFAB_47.2052
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Fragment of alabaster royal statue
- MFAB_47.2053
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Fragment of alabaster royal statue
- MFAB_47.2054
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Fragment of alabaster royal statue
- MFAB_47.2056
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Fragment of alabaster royal statue
- MFAB_47.2059
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Fragments of alabaster royal statue
- MFAB_47.2058
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Fragments of alabaster royal statue
- MFAB_47.2051
Modern People
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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.
Name of this image
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- Heather ONeill heather@pixelsforhumans.com
- Nicholas Picardo npicardo@fas.harvard.edu
- Luke Hollis luke@archimedes.digital