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

Fragments of alabaster statues inscribed with names of Menkaure from Menkaure pyramid temple: top row: MFA 47.2058 (three fitting fragments), unidentified (one fragment), unidentified (one fragment), MFA 47.2050 (upper fragment) + MFA 47.2052 (lower fragment); middle row left: MFA 47.2053 (upper fragment) + unidentified (lower fragment); middle row center: MFA 47.2059 (upper fragment) + MFA 47.2051 (lower fragment); bottom row left: unidentified (upper fragment) + MFA 47.2056 (lower fragment); bottom row right: MFA 47.2049 (upper fragment) + MFA 47.2054 (lower fragment)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_B44_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    02/14/1907
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: provenance as Menkaure pyramid temple based on published caption; MFA accession numbers verified; Reisner reference verified
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 9

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.