Votive or funerary stele, ca. late 1st millennium B.C., Southwestern Arabia, Alabaster (gypsum), 9 5/8 x 4 in. (24.5 x 10.2 cm), Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed, This highly polished alabaster stele is made of two pieces. A smooth undecorated slab sits in a socket carved into a stepped base. Inscribed in Sabaic letters in two rows on the base is “DRMT SFLYN.” This name, 'Dhurmat (of the clan) Safalin” identifies the person, perhaps a woman, who dedicated the monument
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Votive, funerary stele, ca, late 1st millennium B.C, Southwestern Arabia, Alabaster, gypsum, 9 5/8 x 4, 24.5 10.2 cm, Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed, highly, polished, alabaster, stele, two pieces, smooth undecorated, slab, sits, socket carved, stepped base, Inscribed, Sabaic letters, rows, base, DRMT SFLYN., name, Dhurmat, clan, Safalin, identifies, person, perhaps, woman, dedicated, monument
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