Roman coins, scarabs, and gold foil from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27): top row: 07-2-108 (= MFA 11.981, coin), 07-2-45 (= MFA 11.1061, scarab), 07-2-96 (= MFA 11.1055, coin); bottom row: 07-2-95 (= MFA 11.980, coin), 07-2-17 (= MFA 11.955, scarab), __-__-__ (gold foil ?)
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- ID
- HUMFA_C419_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
- VERIFIED: specific identifications based on publication pp. 259-261 (no registration records from this date); MFA accession numbers verified; Reisner reference 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_11.1055
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- MFAB_11.981
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- MFAB_11.980
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- MFAB_11.1061
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- MFAB_11.955
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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