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

Unfinished seated statuettes from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): (1908) no. 24 (= published no. 37 = 08-7-14 = Cairo JE 41977), (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34 = 08-7-2 = MFA 11.725)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C594_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
  • Date
    1908
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: orientation and identifications verified; registration numbers based on publication p. 113 (no registration records from this date); MFA accession number verified; Reisner reference verified
  • Photographer
    Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 2

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.