Object Title
Relief from the Tomb of a Nobleman
Measurements
46.5 x 20.5 x 2.5 cm (18 5/16 x 8 1/16 x 1 in.)
Creation Date
2140–1991 B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Davis and Carol Noble in honor of Rita E. Freed
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/relief-from-the-tomb-of-a-nobleman-436510
Provenance Information
May 19-June 4, 1976, anonymous sale, Koller, Zurich, lot 2358, to a private collector, Switzerland; sold by this private collector to Oliver Forge, London; sold by Oliver Forge to Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2003, sold by Royal-Athena to Davis and Carol Noble, Marblehead, MA; 2004, promised gift of Davis and Carol Noble to the MFA; 2016, gift of Davis and Carol Noble to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 27, 2016)
Exhibition Information
None known.
Publication Information
None known.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This relief was accepted as a promised gift in 2004, before AAMD guidelines required a documented provenance to 1970. It was outside of Egypt before 1983, when Egypt's Law of the Protection of Antiquities went into effect.