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

Roman coins, scarabs, and gold foil from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27): top row: 07-2-108 (= MFA 11.981, coin), 07-2-45 (= MFA 11.1061, scarab), 07-2-96 (= MFA 11.1055, coin); bottom row: 07-2-95 (= MFA 11.980, coin), 07-2-17 (= MFA 11.955, scarab), __-__-__ (gold foil ?)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C419_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: specific identifications based on publication pp. 259-261 (no registration records from this date); MFA accession numbers verified; Reisner reference verified
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 5

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.