Year of Object(s) Creation: 713 B.C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Carving, Funerary Object, Sarcophagus
Object Material(s): wood
Provenience Nation: Egypt
Provenience Location: Egypt
Year Removed from Findspot:

Provenance
Start Year: 2018
End Year: 2018
Circumstance of Acquisition: Returned to Egypt
Nation: Egypt
Location:
Start Year: 2018
End Year: 2018
Circumstance of Acquisition: Seized by Italian security authorities
Nation: Italy
Location: Cagliari region
Start Year:
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Stolen and smuggled out of Egypt
Nation: Italy
Location:

Egyptian Sarcophagus Lid


Description:


Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2018
Year Claim Resolved: 2018
Means of Resolution: Coordinated action by Complainant & Respondent Governments

Complainant Name: Egyptian Government
Complainant Nation: Egypt
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Italian Government
Respondent Nation: Italy
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Government

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Editor's Notes:
Clarification Notes . The recovered piece is a part of the original wooden coffin lid. . Given the hieroglyphic writing, the piece appears to date to the Late Period (713-332 B.C.E.). . The return of this wooden coffin lid was a part of a mass return of 195 artifacts and 21,660 coins that were smuggled into Italy. Edited by Keli Fisher