Art Institute of Chicago
Relief Fragment Depicting Ipi and Fowling in the Marshes
Egyptian; Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, offering niche of Ipi
- Date
- First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 10, about 2050 BCE
- Medium
- Limestone with traces of pigment
- Culture
- Saqqara
- Department
- Arts of Africa
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This lively scene depicts two men hiding behind a reed blind and pulling closed a clap net to snare birds. Four birds, which have escaped the net, fly from the pond in which lotus flowers and lotus pads float. Below, Ipi (the tomb’s owner) surveys other activities on his estate. His name and titles are written in hieroglyphs over his head.
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- Object type
- AAT300190691
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