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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Flints from Menkaure pyramid temple, room C (= magazine 18) (reverse, see A230): top row: 07-1-46, 07-1-58; bottom row: 07-1-51 (= MFA 11.774), 07-1-50 (= MFA 11.261), 07-1-65 (= MFA 11.775), 07-1-68 (rephotographed as C13342)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_A231_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    June 1907
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: "room C (= magazine 18)" added to description based on provenance noted on objects identified and publication pp. 17-18; registration numbers based on publication (no registration records from this date); MFA accession numbers verified; Reisner reference verified
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 3

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.