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

Roman coin, scarabs, shells, beads, and small metal object (lot b) from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27): 07-2-50 (two udjat plaques, lower amulet = MFA 11.964, upper amulet = MFA 11.965), 07-2-51 (cowrie shells and beads), __-__-__ (= MFA 11.968, coin), 07-2-97 (= MFA 11.959, lower scarab), 07-2-98 (= MFA. 11.960, upper scarab), 07-2-99 (= MFA 11.969, unidentified object)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C409_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: mounted print archive card identifies these as 07-2-50, 51, 07-2-96 to 100 (no registration records from this date); 07-2-96 does not appear in this photo, see C419; specific identification based on publication pp. 260-261; MFA accession numbers verified; re: name M.Kh. (deleted from description) and lot b here, and initials and lots elsewhere, apparently represent groups of object and "initials" of Egyptian workers who found these batches of objects; Reisner reference verified
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 6

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.