Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
Lot Closed
December 8, 04:11 PM GMT
Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
An Alabaster Plaque, perhaps South Arabian
3rd Century B.C./1st Century A.D., or Modern
with pierced tab for suspension as a pendant, the plaque carved in raised relief on one side with three lines of retrograde South Arabic inscription giving the name of a man and his lineage: Zydm / bn ḏ-S¹/ ḥwḍ.
11.5 by 6.5 cm.