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LOT 0273
South Arabian King Rabbishamsum Nimran Bronze Dedicatory Plaque
YEMEN, 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.
ProvenanceEx 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.
Cf. a fragment of a similar bronze South Arabian Inscribed plaque in Maraqten, M., ‘An Inscribed Hasaitic Bronze Plaque’ in Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy,1997, pp.282-283, fig.1.
FootnotesFrom the temple of Yaghrū consecrated to the god dhu-Samāwī, in the wādī 'l-Shudayf in northern Yemen.
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LOT 0273
South Arabian King Rabbishamsum Nimran Bronze Dedicatory Plaque
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000€9,280 - 11,600 (for guidance only)$10,800 - 13,500 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£4,000 (EUR 4,640; USD 5,400) +BP*
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