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

Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_A291_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
  • Date
    December 1909
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: orientation and identification verified; registration numbers based on publication p. 36 (no registration records from this date)
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

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  • 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.