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THBSouth Arabian Marble Stele w/ Translated Inscription
Lot 110
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
South Arabia, Saudia Arabia and Yemen, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A large marble stele with an eight line inscription in the distinctive Old South Arabian script, Qataban, which was derived from the Phoenician alphabet. Each letter is deeply incised, with crisp edges and clear form, the work of a specialized artisan with great skill. Around 10,000 fragments of this language exist today, but it was not deciphered until the later 19th century - and indeed, much of it remains a mystery today. This example is a construction text that commemorates the building and purchase of a two-storey house by two brothers. It concludes with fixed expressions that decree the conclusion of the work by the wills of various gods. Size: 18.5" W x 18" H (47 cm x 45.7 cm); 18.25" H (46.4 cm) on included custom stand.
The translation reads as follows: "Mawahabum and Shukaram the two sons of Hawf'im ibn Abaran built and restored and purchased and possessed and acquired and have a legitimate right to their house [named] Yafa'an, and its lower rooms and upper chamber and its inner rooms, from the foundation to the top in their entirety, according to the orders of the god Anbay, and let there be no violation thereof; by [the god] Amm and by [the god] Anbay and by [the god] Hawkan and by [the god] Amm dhu-Yasiram."
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-William Froelich collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 1970s
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#146556One corner is lost as shown; this does not impact the inscription. Small chips, nicks, and scratches mainly from the peripheries. Surface is weathered with some dark grey and red deposits. Inscription is very clear.Condition
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