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A small Samanid carved stone funerary stele, Khurasan, eastern Persia, dated A.H.370/A.D.981
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
with central eight-line inscription in a keyhole-arched frame with horseshoe-shaped top with split-palmettes in the spandrels and a narrow ring-punched border, a further inscription band runs counter-clockwise around the sides and the top, a chain band below
Catalogue Note
inscription
The tombstone of Muhammad ibn al-Husayn who died in Ramadan 370 (March-April 981)