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

Miscellaneous objects (Hasan) from Menkaure pyramid temple, room K (= portico 7)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C420_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    1907
  • Problems/Questions
    Problem: mounted print archive box card has two photos same objects different arrangements both numbered 420 (one a, one b); name: Hasan ? re: initials and lots elsewhere, are the initials the names of workers who turned in these batches of small objects for baksheesh
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

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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.