Year of Object(s) Creation: 5th century B.C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD): 1.2 million
Object Type(s): Bust, Funerary Object, Religious artifact, Sarcophagus
Object Material(s): granite, limestone, sandstone, stone, wood
Provenience Nation: Egypt
Provenience Location: Egypt
Year Removed from Findspot: 1980 (approximate)

Provenance
Start Year: 1975 (aproximate)
End Year: 2004
Circumstance of Acquisition: Illegally smuggled out of Egypt
Nation: United States
Location: Manhattan, New York City.

Egyptian Sarcophagi, Bust of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and Other Artifacts


Description:
Illegally smuggled out of Egypt under the funding of New York-based art dealer Frederick Schultz.

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2002
Year Claim Resolved: 2004
Means of Resolution: Action by Respondent's Govt.

Complainant Name: Government of Egypt
Complainant Nation: Egypt
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Public: Institution

Respondent Name: Frederick Schultz, United States of America
Respondent Nation:
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
WHERE IS IT NOW? The bust as well as the other artifacts are exhibited at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. Edited by JS