Antiquity · Art Institute of Chicago · 130065
Relief Fragment Depicting Ipi and Fowling in the Marshes
Egyptian; Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, offering niche of Ipi, First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 10, about 2050 BCE
Art Institute of Chicago · W. Moses Willner Fund · Public domain
- Artist
- Egyptian; Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, offering niche of Ipi
- Date
- First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 10, about 2050 BCE
- Medium
- Limestone with traces of pigment
- Dimensions
- 20.3 × 35.5 × 7.5 cm (8 × 14 × 3 in.)
- Era
- Antiquity
Why it matters
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.