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

Various objects from Menkaure pyramid temple, room L (= room 10) E part, and room C (= magazine 18): including: [room 10] MFA 11.812 (piece of faience inlay), [magazine 18] 07-1-58 (bivalve shell, one of fifteen)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C483_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    1907
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: these objects not included in list of objects found in room 10, see publication pp. 15-16; bivalve shell identified as 07-1-58 from room C = magazine 18 based on publication p. 18 (no registration records from this date); MFA accession number verified; Reisner reference verified
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

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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.