Large Sabaean Limestone Stele with a Dedication to a Deity

Culture: Sabaean

Period: 4th-3rd century B.C.

Material: Limestone

Dimensions: 42 cm x 60 cm x 13.5 cm

Price: Sold

Ref: 6363

Provenance: From the estate of a honorary consul in Touraine, France. In Europe since at least the 1960s. Comes with a French antiquities passport.

Condition: Beautifully preserved fragment with a Sabaean inscription. The stele stood outdoors for decades, which is indicated by frost cracks.

Description: Large limestone fragment with several lines of inscription dedicated to a deity whose name is not preserved. The dedicatee entrusts the deity with his person, his sons, his goods, his house and a series of irrigation systems. From line 5, the text contains a number of previously unknown terms. From the plateaus north of Sanaa. With scientific assessment.