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

Amulets, beads, shells, and rings from burial in NW corner of court of Menkaure pyramid temple: 06-12-1 (uraeus = MFA 11.890), 06-12-2 (large open work udjat = MFA 11.891), 06-12-3 (udjats = MFA 11.925, MFA 11.936), 06-12-4 (three udjat plaques = MFA 11.924, MFA 11.929, MFA 11.940), 06-12-5 (small crude udjats, including MFA 11.931, MFA 11.934, MFA 11.937, MFA 11.938, MFA 11.939, MFA 11.943, MFA 11.944, MFA 11.945, MFA 11.946, MFA 11.948), 06-12-6 (two Bes amulets, left = MFA 11.892, right = MFA 11.926), 06-12-7 (two menat amulets, left = MFA 11.927, right = MFA 11.928), 06-12-8 (two split cowrie shells), 06-12-9 (faience imitation cowries = MFA 11.3119), 06-12-10 (two silver finger rings, second row: left = MFA 11.953, right = MFA 11.1006), 06-12-11 (various faience beads, some part of MFA 11.3121), __-__-__ (amulet fragment, top row 1/4 = MFA 11.930), __-__-__ (amulet fragment, fifth row 5/7 = MFA 11.933), __-__-__ (silver hook-shaped earring, second row 2/1 = MFA 11.954)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_A232_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    June 1907
  • Remarks
    06-12-3: publication (p. 12) lists one udjat, two appear here; 06-12-5: publication (p. 12) lists nine crude udjats, ten appear here; 06-12-9: publication (p. 13) lists eleven imitation cowries, twelve appear here; not all objects shown here included in published object list for this burial.
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: "room" N (deleted from description) represents N half of GMT court; amulets match description of objects from Roman burial in NW corner of court of MPT (GMT); specific identifications based on publication pp. 12-13 (no registration records from this date); MFA accession numbers verified
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 28

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.