Stela with a Concave Top
Images of gods were uncommon in ancient South Arabia. This trapezoidal, undecorated stela represents the concept of divinity. The dedicatory inscription on the two-step base records that the stela was a memorial to Hawfi-il of the Marran clan in the temple of Risafum.
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Sculpture
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76491
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sculpture
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, London, May 18, 1970, lot 64; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, May 18, 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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6
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import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/KPS_21.52_Fnt_DD.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/KPS_21.52_Fnt_DD.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/KPS_21.52_Fnt_DD.jpg |
| imageCount | 6 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/21.52 |
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Medium
calcite-alabaster
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