- Artist
- Unknown (Egyptian)
- Title
- Relief Fragment from Tomb of Ptahhetep II at Saqqara
- Date
- 6th Dynasty (ca. 2460 - 2200 B.C.E.)
- Period
- 6th Dynasty
- Medium
- Limestone, redbrown pigment
- Dimensions
- 24 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 1 in. Overall
- Credit
- Class of 1948 Gift Fund purchase
- Accession No.
- 1973.141
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Geography
- Egypt
Related
Originally located against the West wall of Ptah-Hotep II''s tomb in Saqqara, Egypt and in situ as late as 1904 (when documented in Murray, "Saqqara Mastabas," see bibliography). Date and circumstances of removal unknown at present. Acquired from an art dealer, likely Mathias Komor (not yet confirmed), by Peter Sharrer (Ridgewood, New Jersey); 7 December 1973, sold by Peter Sharrer (Ridgewood, New Jersey) through Sotheby Parke-Bernet (New York, NY) auction "Egyptian, Western Asiatic, Islamic, Greek, Roman, Etruscan Antiquities: The Property of Various Owners including the Hagop Kevorkian Fund, New York" [sale 3581, lot 155] to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 2017-2018]
- Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 1
- Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Elvehjem Art Center Bulletin/Annual Report 1973-1974. no. 3
- Murray, Margaret A. "Saqqara Mastabas," part 1, Egyptian Research Account, tenth year. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1904. pp. 12-13, pl. VIII
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