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

Pottery jar from Menkaure pyramid temple

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_B218_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    April 1907
  • Problems/Questions
    Problem: "court, NW corner" deleted from description; provenance in question: this jar is either from NW corner of court with registration number 06-12-12 (see publication p. 13, where description of 06-12-12 matches this jar) or from room J1 (= pillared hall 27) with registration numbers 07-2-92 or 07-2-94 (see publication p. 261, where two entries, 07-2-92 and 07-2-94, reference photo B220); alternate registration numbers based on publication (no registration records from this date); cf. B220
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

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  • 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.