Fragmentary stone vessels from Menkaure pyramid temple, below communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27) and room 37 N: top and bottom rows (same objects different views, except for kohl pot lid center top): [room 37 N] 07-4-3 (squat jar with separate ring at top, shown separately in bottom row), 07-4-4 (bowl), 07-4-5 (kohl pot lid), [pillared hall 27] 07-2-127 (small bowl)
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- ID
- HUMFA_C472_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
- 1907
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- Problems/Questions
- provenance and registration numbers based on publication pp. 20, 22 (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
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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- Nicholas Picardo npicardo@fas.harvard.edu
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