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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1234, G 1171

Small headless statue from G 1231 (= G 1234) (?) (profile proper right): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19762; head of statue from E of G 1171 (?) (profile proper right): Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19808

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11890_OS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1234, G 1171
  • Date
    1904
  • Remarks
    provenance: attribution of 6-19762 to G 1231 (= G 1234) based on reference in Porter-Moss p. 60 (which is based on reference in HESPOK p. 65), Reisner's report to P.A. Hearst for 1903-1904 season attributes this statue to wadi cemetery; attribution of 6-19808 to "E of G 1171" based on some photo register entries, attributed to GW 24 in photo archives (mounted print card caption); no in situ photos or object registration records available to confirm any of these attributions
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: orientation and identifications verified; statues not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906); Hearst numbers verified
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 1234

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Finds 2

Unpublished Documents 1

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Photographer
    • 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.