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Source Description
This stone block was probably part of a wall. Too little of the inscription survives to indicate its meaning or function, but some of the letters are legible, such as "dh," "m," and "o."
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
76517
label
Inscribed Stone Fragment
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
76517
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Inscribed Stone Fragment
description
This stone block was probably part of a wall. Too little of the inscription survives to indicate its meaning or function, but some of the letters are legible, such as "dh," "m," and "o."
provenance
Anonymous owner, Hadramat, Yemen; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, 1962, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
date
1st millennium BCE-4th century CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
fragments
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.2
height
10
depth
7
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 7/16 x W: 3 15/16 x D: 2 3/4 in. (11.2 x 10 x 7 cm)
Source extras
med
limestone
creator_ids
15549
collection_ids
SAY
exhibition_ids
2002
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
7c4d7431b6c9bf8b