Fragment of an Ibex Frieze

8th-7th century BCE

13.8 cm 18.3 cm 3.3 cm

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The ibex, a kind of wild mountain goat, was a symbol of nature's energy and the power of the wild. The epithet "God of Ibexes" was reserved for the principal gods, such as 'Almaqah of Saba'. The motif of ibexes in a frieze or framed in a stela may represent man's control over...

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Sale, Sotheby's, London, February 1, 1971, lot 81; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, February 1, 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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