Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27), N end, wood double bowl (07-2-52 = MFA 11.840) in situ beside coffin (J1-56), looking N
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- ID
- HUMFA_C334_NS
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Subjects
- Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure pyramid temple
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- Date
- 04/05/1907
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- Problems/Questions
- VERIFIED: identification based on publication p. 260; MFA accession number verified
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- Photographer
- Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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- MFAB_11.840
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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