Unfinished seated statuettes from Menkaure valley temple (front): (1908) no. 20 (= published no. 33 = 08-7-11 = MFA 11.723a-b deaccessioned = Metropolitan Museum of Art 37.6.1), (1908) no. 19 (= published no. 31 = 08-7-12 = MFA 11.724)
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- ID
- HUMFA_C588_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 valley temple
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- Date
- 1908
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- Problems/Questions
- VERIFIED: orientation and identifications verified; registration numbers based on publication p. 112 (no registration records from this date); MFA and MMA 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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Unfinished limestone statuette of Menkaure
- MMA_37.6.1
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Unfinished limestone statuette of Menkaure
- MFAB_11.724
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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