Creative Commons License
Inscribed Stone Fragment
(South Arabia)
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
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Anonymous owner, Hadramat, Yemen; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, 1962, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2008 | Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Arabian Peninsula (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 7/16 x W: 3 15/16 x D: 2 3/4 in. (11.2 x 10 x 7 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.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
21.70