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

Amulets and beads from Menkaure pyramid temple, room J3 (= anteroom 26): 07-2-131 (= MFA 11.984, amulet of Amen), 07-2-132 (= MFA 11.986, amulet of two-handled flask), 07-2-133 (= MFA 11.985, amulet), 07-2-134 (cylinder beads)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C411_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 from J3 not J1 (according to publication they are from room 26); identified as 07-2-131 to 134 (no registration records from this date); specific identifications based on publication p. 21; MFA accession numbers verified; re: name M. Yusef (deleted from description) here, and initials and lots elsewhere, apparently represent groups of object and "initials" of Egyptian workers who found these batches of objects
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 3

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.