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South Arabian King Rabbishamsum Nimran Bronze Dedicatory Plaque South Arabian King Rabbishamsum Nimran Bronze Dedicatory Plaque South Arabian King Rabbishamsum Nimran Bronze Dedicatory Plaque South Arabian King Rabbishamsum Nimran Bronze Dedicatory Plaque South Arabian King Rabbishamsum Nimran Bronze Dedicatory Plaque South Arabian King Rabbishamsum Nimran Bronze Dedicatory Plaque
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LOT 0250

South Arabian King Rabbishamsum Nimran Bronze Dedicatory Plaque

CIRCA 150 A.D.

11 x 17 1/4 in. (13 5/8 in.) (2.03 kg total, 28 x 18.6 cm (34.5 cm high including stand)).

Rectangular in profile with spur to each upper angle; high-relief reserved epigraphic text in ten lines with void at lower centre; dedicated to the god Dhu-Samāwī by Ẓabiyum Yarḥab, under the Reign of King Rabbīshamsum Nimrān; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Ex Robin Marshal-Carter, Adelaide, South Australia, 1970.
Private collection, London, UK.

Accompanied by a full transliteration and translation into modern English.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12697-235195.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Footnotes

From the temple of Yaghrū consecrated to the god dhu-Samāwī, in the wādī 'l-Shudayf in northern Yemen.

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From the Temple of Yaghru

LOT 0250

South Arabian King Rabbishamsum Nimran Bronze Dedicatory Plaque

Estimate £12,000 - 17,000€13,920 - 19,720 (for guidance only)$16,200 - 22,950 (for guidance only)

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