SOUTH ARABIAN INSCRIBED STONE STELE

Ca. 1st millennium BC.A stone block fragment with incised characters in ancient South Arabian script to the top edge and below are two standing figures with simplified features. During the first mille

Ancient South Arabia, Yemen, Kingdom of Qataban, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A pale-brown limestone funerary slab carved into a high-relief stelae with an abstract face presenting a triangular nose, wide

Height: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm.) Width: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm.) 2nd Century B.C. - 2nd Century A.D. Ex: Maryland private collection, assembled in the 1980's. Authenticity guaranteed. A certificate + official

2nd century BC-2nd century AD. A rectangular alabaster stele with stylised human face carved in the half-round with lentoid eyes, keeled triangular nose, traces of red pigment; incised inscription bel

Ca. 200 BC - 100 AD (or later). A striking stone slab with a high-relief carved abstract face with a triangular nose, deep set oval eyes, a small mouth, prominent brow ridge and well-groomed eyebrows,

Southern Arabia, around modern day Yemen, Sabaean people, ca. late 1st millennium BCE to early 1st millennium CE. An incredibly rare basalt stone altar of circular form standing on three tapered legs.

Qataban, Ca. 300 BC - 100 AD. An alabaster funerary stele with a slightly tapering profile towards the bottom, with a high relief bovine head projecting from the slab. The animal's head features ribbe

Ca. 1st century BC - AD 1st century.A rectangular-shaped stone stele with a high-relief depiction of a stylised bull's head with short, crescentic horns, large eyes and a rounded snout with accentuate

South Arabia, Yemen, Kingdom of Qataban, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A pale yellow marble slab carved into a high-relief stelae, with an abstract face presenting a triangular nose, deep set oval eyes, a s

Ca. 3rd-2nd millennium BC.A red stone bust of a statuette representing a stylized man, standing, arms crossed over his abdomen, right over left. The body, treated in a geometric way, is adorned at the

Two South Arabian Stone Figures Left: A South Arabian Limestone Figure: Circa 3rd Century B.C.-3rd Century A.D. Height 13 3/4 inches. Provenance: Private Collection, Switzerland, 1970s. Right: A South

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Southern Arabia, near modern day Yemen, ca. 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE. An impressive and quite noble stone head presenting typical South Arabian ch

3rd-1st century BC. A limestone stele with angular-shaped head to the top; lentoid eyes with prominent brow ridge, long nose and small mouth, small ears to the side; three letters of Sabaean script: '

Later 1st millennium BC. A bronze camel modelled standing in the round, stylised facial detailing, text inscribed to one side of the body; remains of attachment lugs to the feet. Cf. The British Museu

Ca. 300 BC A stone-carved anthropomorphic idol of a highly-stylized tapering form with its face featuring a long prominent nose merging into a browline. Below, is a pair of protruding eyes.Size: L:95m

Ca. 3rd century BC - AD 1st century.A stone rectangular-shaped tile engraved to the upper face with alternating registers of incised triangles and bands of dots. Size: 85mm x 50mm; Weight: 235g Proven

A South Arabian Stone idol, ca. 800 B.C., carved stone in shape of an owl. Dimensions: 4" H x 2-1/2" W; Weight: 8.3 oz. Provenance: Ex private collection, Brooklyn, NY NOTE: This lot has a reserve.

South Arabia, modern day Yemen, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A striking carved stele made of almost translucent alabaster with a low-relief human figure holding what appears to be two children in its arms

Ancient Sabean South Arabian Limestone Stele c.1st century AD. Size 7 3/4 inches high x 7 1/4 inches wide. Ancient Limestone Stele fragment carved with Youth face with long nose and almond shape eyes.

2nd century BC-2nd century AD. The top of a rectangular alabaster stele with stylised human face carved in the half-round with remains of blue and red pigmentation; lentoid sockets for separate inlaid

4 South Asian Stone Stelae, 11" x 13" x 1 1/4", 1 restored.

Ca. 300 BC. An alabaster funerary stele sculpted in high relief with a male head with eyes, recessed for inlays, prominent eyebrows merging into a long triangular nose, and a small, pursed mouth. For

**Originally Listed At $700** South Arabia, modern day Yemen, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A creamy, in places translucent, marble slab from a headstone. At the bottom, is a clear inscription on two lines

Ca. 200 BC - 100 AD.A hand-carved alabaster head of a man delineated in high relief, perhaps from a funerary stele, presenting a quixotic visage comprised of gazing, wide-open eyes, an arched browline