Base of a Stela

Description The three-stepped base has a small empty central socket, which indicates that it was intended to hold a slim stela. All of the base's surfaces, including its top, have been polished to the same degree; possibly, the base and stela were intended to be seen from all sides. The one-line inscription names the male owner, Zerbem, and his clan: Gherbem.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/01/2008	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

• Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008.

Provenance Sotheby's, London, between 1963 and 1971; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, between 1963 and 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.

Inscriptions [Transliteration] Zrbm / D-Grbm [Translation] Zerbem / Gherbem

Credit Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2007