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Inscribed Stone Block

South Arabian (Sculptor)
mid 1st century CE
limestone
(South Arabia)

This irregularly shaped fragment features two rows of inscription on its smooth front side. It is impossible to determine whether this fragment was part of a wall, a stela, or another monument, and the inscription is nearly unintelligible. The first line may contain the clan name Dhu-Nadha'.

Inscription

[Transliteration] dnd' /n [...]
tw / d (or) b? s[...]

[Translation] Dhu-Nadha' [?]

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Ahmed [local art dealer], Ta'izz, Yemen; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, 1962, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.

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2008 Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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Arabian Peninsula (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 3 9/16 x W: 4 3/4 x D: 4 5/16 in. (9 x 12 x 11 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2007

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

21.46

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Baltimore, MD
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