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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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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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