Lot Essay
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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE STELA
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The upper section carved with a reclining figure of the deceased, holding a kantharos and a poppy head, a figure of Anubis incised above, with lightly incised drinking vessels arranged below, three uninscribed lines beneath
31.5 x 20.5 cm.
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The upper section carved with a reclining figure of the deceased, holding a kantharos and a poppy head, a figure of Anubis incised above, with lightly incised drinking vessels arranged below, three uninscribed lines beneath
31.5 x 20.5 cm.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s.
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