Miscellaneous objects from Menkaure pyramid temple from J1 (= pillared hall 27): cowries shells (= MFA 47.2069), beads (= part of MFA 47.2070), most metal fragments (= MFA 47.2071)
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- ID
- HUMFA_C423_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: mounted print archive box card says from J1 (= pillared hall 27); MFA accession numbers 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_47.2069
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- MFAB_47.2071
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Jewelry element: faience beads
- MFAB_47.2070
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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- Heather ONeill heather@pixelsforhumans.com
- Nicholas Picardo npicardo@fas.harvard.edu
- Luke Hollis luke@archimedes.digital