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

Flints from Menkaure pyramid temple, room C (= magazine 18) (obverse, see B201): 07-1-69 or 07-1-49, 07-1-66, 07-1-67, 07-1-47 (upper), 07-1-49 or 07-1-69 (lower)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_B200_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    05/27/1907
  • Problems/Questions
    registration numbers based on publication pp. 17-18 (no registration records from this date); both 07-1-49 and 07-1-69 noted as B200 / 1
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 1

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.