Lot Essay
Reports accompany the first three items, with detailed translations of the text and a discussion on the subject. The first panel may name a hitherto unknown King of Qataban.
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2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Details
THREE SOUTH ARABIAN INSCRIBED STONE PANELS
2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Comprising a rectangular limestone panel with three lines of Old South Arabian script publicising a dedication made by two brothers under the aegis of the ruling King of Qataban, 1st Century B.C./A.D., 13½ x 5 5/8 in. (34.2 x 14.2 cm.); a smaller alabaster fragmentary panel bearing the middle section of five lines of an Old South Arabian text from an official inscription, recording a dedication by a member or members of the known Qatabanian clan Sawarat with a possible mention of a king, 2nd-1st Century B.C., 7½ x 8 in. (19 x 20.3 cm.) max.; and a Qatabanian rectangular alabaster funerary stele of plain form with a personal inscription across the projecting foot, 1st Century B.C./2nd Century A.D., probably Tamna, 5 in. (12.6 cm.) high; a South Arabian alabaster head, of stylized form with long nose and heavy brows, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. or earlier, 8 1/8 in. (19.4 cm.) high; and an alabaster pestle with conical stone mortar, 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long max. (6)
2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Comprising a rectangular limestone panel with three lines of Old South Arabian script publicising a dedication made by two brothers under the aegis of the ruling King of Qataban, 1st Century B.C./A.D., 13½ x 5 5/8 in. (34.2 x 14.2 cm.); a smaller alabaster fragmentary panel bearing the middle section of five lines of an Old South Arabian text from an official inscription, recording a dedication by a member or members of the known Qatabanian clan Sawarat with a possible mention of a king, 2nd-1st Century B.C., 7½ x 8 in. (19 x 20.3 cm.) max.; and a Qatabanian rectangular alabaster funerary stele of plain form with a personal inscription across the projecting foot, 1st Century B.C./2nd Century A.D., probably Tamna, 5 in. (12.6 cm.) high; a South Arabian alabaster head, of stylized form with long nose and heavy brows, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. or earlier, 8 1/8 in. (19.4 cm.) high; and an alabaster pestle with conical stone mortar, 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long max. (6)
Provenance
Items one-four: English private collection, given as a gift to the present owner in 1963, in the Western Aden Protectorate.
Items five-six: acquired in 1971.
Items five-six: acquired in 1971.
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