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

Three Athenian silver coins from Menkaure pyramid temple, S side of room O (= entrance corridor 3) (obverse and reverse): 07-1-2 (= MFA 11.824, MFA 11.826, MFA 11.825)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_B10_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    1906-1907
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: according to publication p 13: red pot (07-1-1) with three silver Athenian coins (07-1-2) found in entrance corridor (3) middle of south wall; room O probably entrance corridor; MFA accession numbers verified; Reisner reference verified
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 3

People 1

Modern People

  • Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

    • Type Photographer
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1908–1926. In his "A History of the Giza Necropolis I," George A Reisner described Said Ahmed Said as "the most gifted foreman who ever worked for the expedition." Father of Mohammed Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Head Reis 1936–1939), Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator), Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.