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

Upper torso of alabaster statue (= published no. 2a) from Menkaure pyramid temple (quarter view proper left): 07-4-11 + 07-4-12 (= MFA 11.3146)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_B244_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    1907
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: orientation and identification verified; registration numbers based on publication p. 108 (no registration records from this date); MFA accession number verified
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

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Modern People

  • 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.