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*Original paper documents for Chapter 12 are in archival boxes K06 and K07 in the Egyptian Section archives of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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- Classification
- Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Date
- about 1934–1942
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex
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- Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex
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- Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex
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- Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
- Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
ID: HUMFA_B6309_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7400, G 7350, street G 7300, G 7450
Description: Flints: top row: [street G 7400] 27-4-875 (= MFA 27.1898, upper item), [G 7350] 27-3-759 (= MFA 27.1847, lower item), [street G 7300] 27-3-752 (= MFA 27.1844, upper item), [G 7450] 27-3-700 (= MFA 27.1815, lower item); bottom row: [G 7450] 27-3-691 (= MFA 27.1813.2, one of three), 27-3-691 (= MFA 27.1813.1, one of three), [street G 7400] 27-4-899 (= MFA 27.1910), [street 7300] 27-3-509 (= MFA 27.1764), [G 7450] 27-3-691 (= MFA 27.1813.3, one of three), [street G 7400] 27-4-900 (= MFA 27.1911)
ID: HUMFA_A852_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2337, G 2382, G 2300 = G 5190, G 2360
Description: Flints and shells (obverse): top row: [G 2382] 12-12-132 (flint), [G 2300 (= G 5190)] 12-10-11 (flint), [G 2382] 12-12-131 (flint knife), [G 2360 A] 12-11-11c and 12-11-11b (two of three flints), [G 2382] 12-12-26 (= MFA 13.3453, flint), 12-12-25 (flint knife); bottom row: [G 2382] 12-12-30 (= MFA 13.3451, flint knife), 12-12-31 (= MFA 13.3454, flint knife), 12-12-32 (four pieces of flint, third from left in group of four = 12-12-32d = MFA 13.3450), 12-12-33 (three half shells of bivalve); on right: [G 2337] 12-10-24 (shells and two flints)
ID: HUMFA_A853_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2337, G 2382, G 2300 = G 5190, G 2360
Description: Flints and shells (reverse): top row: [G 2382] 12-12-132 (flint), [G 2300 (= G 5190)] 12-10-11 (flint), [G 2382] 12-12-131 (flint knife), [G 2360 A] 12-11-11c and 12-11-11b (two of three flints), [G 2382] 12-12-26 (= MFA 13.3453, flint), 12-12-25 (flint knife); bottom row: [G 2382] 12-12-30 (= MFA 13.3451, flint knife), 12-12-31 (= MFA 13.3454, flint knife), 12-12-32 (four pieces of flint, third from left in group of four = 12-12-32d = MFA 13.3450), 12-12-33 (three half shells of bivalve); on right: [G 2337] 12-10-24 (shells and two flints)
ID: HUMFA_A855_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2384, G 2337
Description: Flints: top and middle rows: [G 2384] 12-12-45 (twenty-six flints); bottom row: [G 2337] 12-10-24 (twenty of sixty-nine flints)
ID: HUMFA_B5769_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7000, G 7410-7420, G 7432, G 7310-7320, street G 7500, G 7111, avenue G 1, G 7510, G 7523, G 7639, street G 7400, street G 7100
Description: Flints: blades and irregular flakes (fronts): top row: [street G 7000] 24-11-859 (= MFA 24.2649), [G 7410-7420: G 7420 A] 25-1-99 (= MFA 25.1564), [G 7432 A] 25-1-1422 (= MFA 25.2101), [G 7310-7320: G 7320 A] 25-1-23 (= MFA 25.1537), [street G 7500] 25-2-301 (= MFA 25.2213), [G 7111 D] 25-1-1297 (= MFA 25.2049), [avenue G 1] 24-11-579, [street G 7000] 24-11-857 (= MFA 24.2648); middle row (one item on left): [G 7510 Y] 25-3-274; middle row (one item on right); [G 7523 B] 25-3-39 (= MFA 25.2609); bottom row: [G 7639 C] 25-2-666 (= MFA 25.2398), [street G 7000] 24-11-736 (= MFA 24.2583), 24-11-100, 24-11-9b, [street G 7400] 25-1-718 (= MFA 25.1800), [street G 7100] 24-12-391, [street G 7000] 24-11-64 (= Cairo JE 51905)
ID: HUMFA_B5770_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7000, G 7410-7420, G 7432, G 7310-7320, street G 7500, G 7111, avenue G 1, G 7510, G 7523, G 7639, street G 7400, street G 7100
Description: Flints: blades and irregular flakes (backs): top row: [street G 7000] 24-11-859 (= MFA 24.2649), [G 7410-7420: G 7420 A] 25-1-99 (= MFA 25.1564), [G 7432 A] 25-1-1422 (= MFA 25.2101), [G 7310-7320: G 7320 A] 25-1-23 (= MFA 25.1537), [street G 7500] 25-2-301 (= MFA 25.2213), [G 7111 D] 25-1-1297 (= MFA 25.2049), [avenue G 1] 24-11-579, [street G 7000] 24-11-857 (= MFA 24.2648); middle row (one item on left): [G 7510 Y] 25-3-274; middle row (one item on right); [G 7523 B] 25-3-39 (= MFA 25.2609); bottom row: [G 7639 C] 25-2-666 (= MFA 25.2398), [street G 7000] 24-11-736 (= MFA 24.2583), 24-11-100, 24-11-9b, [street G 7400] 25-1-718 (= MFA 25.1800), [street G 7100] 24-12-391, [street G 7000] 24-11-64 (= Cairo JE 51905)
ID: HUMFA_B5773_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7000, G 7215, street G 7500, street G 7100, avenue G 1
Description: Flints: blades (fronts): top row: [street G 7000] 24-11-190 (= MFA 24.2355), 24-11-9g, 24-11-146 (= MFA 24.2332), 24-11-97 (= MFA 24.2310), 24-11-850 (= MFA 24.2644), 24-11-145 (= Cairo JE 51906); bottom row: [street G 7000] 24-11-96, [G 7215 E] 25-1-968 (= MFA 25.1876), [street G 7500] 25-2-774 (= MFA 25.2417), [avenue G 1] 24-11-605 (= MFA 24.2538), [street G 7100] 24-12-1194 (= MFA 24.3111), [street G 7000] 24-11-62 (= MFA 24.2288)
ID: HUMFA_B5774_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7000, G 7215, street G 7500, street G 7100, avenue G 1
Description: Flints: blades (fronts): top row: [street G 7000] 24-11-190 (= MFA 24.2355), 24-11-9g, 24-11-146 (= MFA 24.2332), 24-11-97 (= MFA 24.2310), 24-11-850 (= MFA 24.2644), 24-11-145 (= Cairo JE 51906); bottom row: [street G 7000] 24-11-96, [G 7215 E] 25-1-968 (= MFA 25.1876), [street G 7500] 25-2-774 (= MFA 25.2417), [avenue G 1] 24-11-605 (= MFA 24.2538), [street G 7100] 24-12-1194 (= MFA 24.3111), [street G 7000] 24-11-62 (= MFA 24.2288)
ID: HUMFA_B5775_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7000, avenue G 1, avenue G 0, G 7121, G 7101
Description: Flints: sickle-edge (fronts): top row: [street G 7000] 24-11-739 (= MFA 24.2584), 24-11-737, [G 7121] 24-11-789 (= MFA 24.2614), [avenue G 1] 24-11-648 (= MFA 24.2551), [G 7121] 24-11-786 (= MFA 24.2613), [street G 7000] 24-11-191 (= MFA 24.2356), 24-11-98 (= MFA 24.2311), [avenue G 0] 24-12-65 (= MFA 24.2712); bottom row: [street G 7000] 24-11-340 (= MFA 24.2418), 24-11-144 (= MFA 24.2331), [G 7101 T] 24-12-264 (= Cairo JE 51908), [street G 7000] 24-11-9a, 24-11-899 (= MFA 24.2659), 24-11-818 (= Cairo JE 51907), 24-11-189 (= MFA 24.2354)
ID: HUMFA_B5776_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7000, avenue G 1, avenue G 0, G 7121, G 7101
Description: Flints: sickle-edge (backs): top row: [street G 7000] 24-11-739 (= MFA 24.2584), 24-11-737, [G 7121] 24-11-789 (= MFA 24.2614), [avenue G 1] 24-11-648 (= MFA 24.2551), [G 7121] 24-11-786 (= MFA 24.2613), [street G 7000] 24-11-191 (= MFA 24.2356), 24-11-98 (= MFA 24.2311), [avenue G 0] 24-12-65 (= MFA 24.2712); bottom row: [street G 7000] 24-11-340 (= MFA 24.2418), 24-11-144 (= MFA 24.2331), [G 7101 T] 24-12-264 (= Cairo JE 51908), [street G 7000] 24-11-9a, 24-11-899 (= MFA 24.2659), 24-11-818 (= Cairo JE 51907), 24-11-189 (= MFA 24.2354)
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