tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post2241398934037123590..comments2008-05-25T14:29:59.462+01:00David Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-74330572600491390752008-05-06T12:38:00.000+01:002008-05-06T12:38:00.000+01:00Bonhams' action does not mean that the piece has been taken out of Egypt after 1983, however, just that the Egyptian government has asked for the matter to be investigated.<BR/><BR/>It would be interesting to know which site the relief is believed to come from, and the date at which it was recorded in situ (if it ever was, or whether the piece can be ascribed to a location by the text type, as seems equally likely). <BR/><BR/>The sale of relief fragments is a bit of a grey area: a relief fragment published in situ in the 1950s was returned to Egypt by a private collector a few years ago even though (I think) it was sold in the 1960s. Amarna period talatat, from monuments dismantled in antiquity and excavated after World War II, are still sold today (a couple were in the Bonhams sale).Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109943074044985078noreply@blogger.com