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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE KOM ABU BILLOU STELE
ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE KOM ABU BILLOU STELE
Roman Imperial Period,
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Sculpted in sunk relief, depicting two frontally-rendered orant figures, their arms raised in adoration, wearing flowing robes, with yellow skin and black hair and eyes, standing within a temple facade, the background brightly painted, its pediment yellow, the three steps of its stylobate containing a fragmentary Greek inscription in black-painted letters
8¾ in. (22.3 cm) high
Roman Imperial Period,
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Sculpted in sunk relief, depicting two frontally-rendered orant figures, their arms raised in adoration, wearing flowing robes, with yellow skin and black hair and eyes, standing within a temple facade, the background brightly painted, its pediment yellow, the three steps of its stylobate containing a fragmentary Greek inscription in black-painted letters
8¾ in. (22.3 cm) high
Provenance
Fine Antiquities Auction, Superior Galleries, 12 March 1994, lot 254