Mud sealings (with seal impressions) from Menkaure pyramid temple, corridor 21/22, [GLYPHS] (serekh) Neferkara: top row: 07-1-87, 07-1-88, 07-1-88; bottom row: 07-1-88 (upper item), 07-1-86 (lower item), 07-1-81, 07-1-82
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- ID
- HUMFA_B195_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
- 05/27/1907
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- Remarks
- Original entry read: room G (= corridor 13), W end, which would be N end of corridor 21/22; provenance obtained from publication (p.19) suggests S end of corridor 21/22.
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- Problems/Questions
- VERIFIED: identifications made based on comparison with publication and objects; all registration numbers based on publication (no registration records from this date)
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- Photographer
- Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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Mud sealing with seal impressions
- HUMFA_07-1-82
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Mud sealing with seal impressions
- HUMFA_07-1-81
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.
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