A limestone pharaonic painting has gone missing from Egypt’s famed Saqqara necropolis, becoming the latest artifact to disappear in a country known for its rich and lengthy history. 

The painting was in the tomb of Khentika in the Saqqara necropolis outside Cairo, Mohammed ismail, secretary-general of the supreme court of Antiques, said Sunday. The matsaba tomb was found in the 1950s and hasn’t been opened since 2019. 

Egyptian media reported the painting exhibited the ancient Egyptian calendar that divided the year into three seasons mirroring the Nile River’s ebb and flow. It included the flooding, Akhet, the planting season, Proyat, and the harvest season, Shomu.

The tomb is one of the few mastaba tombs of ancient Egypt to have a curse attached to it. The inscriptions warned  instructors they could divine punishment.