A South Arabian alabaster bull stele

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A South Arabian alabaster bull stele
the trapezoid-shaped plaque carved with a bull's head in high relief, the head with contoured eyes and ridged eyebrows, damage to ears -- 7¼in. (18.5cm.) high; and a South Arabian fragmentary alabaster head of a man, with hair falling in strands over the back of his head -- 1¾in. (4.5cm.) high, both 1st Century B.C./A.D. (2)

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