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Amulets and beads from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27), all from near mummy 52 (J1-52): left (near feet of mummy 52): 07-2-40 (= MFA 11.889, Bes), 07-2-41 (udjat = part of MFA 11.3125), 07-2-42 (beads = part of MFA 11.3125); right (near head of mummy 52): 07-2-43 (includes Bes, udjat, date seed, and beads)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C421_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: mounted print archive card identifies these as 07-2-40 to 43 (no registration records from this date); specific identifications based on publication p. 260; MFA accession numbers verified; original entry read re provenance: left: near pillar 3-2, right: S of third pillar; corrected to read as above based on publication
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 8

People 1

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.