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

Unfinished seated statuettes from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper right): (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34 = 08-7-2 = MFA 11.725), (1908) no. 24 (= published no. 37 = 08-7-14 = Cairo JE 41977). [Image also known as: C1809_NS]

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C4576_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
  • Date
    May 1910
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: orientation and identifications verified; registration numbers based on publication p. 113 (no registration records from this date); MFA accession number verified
  • Photographer
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 2

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Photographer
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.