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

Alabaster seated statues (1908) nos. 3 and 4 (= published nos. 19 = 08-7-17 = MFA 09.202 and 18 = 08-7-16 + 08-7-20 = JE 40704) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper right)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_B445_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
  • Date
    1908
  • Remarks
    statue no. 18 = 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) = Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: orientation and identifications verified; registration numbers based on publication p. 36 (no registration records from this date); MFA accession number verified
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 2

People 1

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.