SHEBA FUNERARY STELE
Description: This is a typical stele from the necropolis of the ancient kingdom of Sheba (or Saba), which was located in what is present-day Yemen. It is rectangular in form, with the face sculpted in the upper section in prominent relief in a very schematic manner. The eyebrows are joined, the nose elongated and triangular, while the eyes are rhomboid in shape with marked irises. The mouth is small with thick lips and the chin is rectangular. The ears are also clearly worked towards the sides of the stele. The face is an idealized one representing the deceased. It has not been sculpted with the intention of depicting the real features of the dead but rather a human face. At times the sex of the person cannot be distinguished. Below the face the name of the deceased is written in Sabaean script. | Kingdom of Sheba (Yemen). 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Condition: Complete stele with surface wear, and a small scrape on the nose. Preserve red pigmentation residues on the surface. Notes: Due to United States customs regulations, this lot cannot be sold to customers residing in the United States.The piece includes authenticity certificate. For reasons of data protection, when the provenance of the pieces is private collections, only the initials of the particular collectors are shown, the complete information of these collections will be delivered to the buyer in the authenticity certificate. |The piece includes Spanish Export License ( Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested and an export fee must be paid ( see terms and conditions ). This process could take between 1 and 2 months.
Provenance: Private English collection, 1978. Dimensions: 35,00 cm.
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Description: This is a typical stele from the necropolis of the ancient kingdom of Sheba (or Saba), which was located in what is present-day Yemen. It is rectangular in form, with the face sculpted in the upper section in prominent relief in a very schematic manner. The eyebrows are joined, the nose elongated and triangular, while the eyes are rhomboid in shape with marked irises. The mouth is small with thick lips and the chin is rectangular. The ears are also clearly worked towards the sides of the stele. The face is an idealized one representing the deceased. It has not been sculpted with the intention of depicting the real features of the dead but rather a human face. At times the sex of the person cannot be distinguished. Below the face the name of the deceased is written in Sabaean script. | Kingdom of Sheba (Yemen). 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Condition: Complete stele with surface wear, and a small scrape on the nose. Preserve red pigmentation residues on the surface. Notes: Due to United States customs regulations, this lot cannot be sold to customers residing in the United States.The piece includes authenticity certificate. For reasons of data protection, when the provenance of the pieces is private collections, only the initials of the particular collectors are shown, the complete information of these collections will be delivered to the buyer in the authenticity certificate. |The piece includes Spanish Export License ( Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested and an export fee must be paid ( see terms and conditions ). This process could take between 1 and 2 months.
Provenance: Private English collection, 1978. Dimensions: 35,00 cm.
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