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| Keywords: South Arabian - Stela with Bull's Head - Walters 2151.jpg This type of rectangular stela with an integral three-dimensional bull's head on the front is probably the innovative creation of a workshop in Timna' The inscription on the base contains the name of its female owner Lehy'thet of the Iljeb clan Most such bull's-head stelae were placed in tombs because the bull had the connotation of renewal on earth and in the afterlife century 1 BC - century 1 AD calcite-alabaster cm 27 16 3 5 accession number 21 51 76490 Sotheby's London between 1963 and 1971 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore between 1963 and 1971 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 Transliteration Lhy-'tt / D-Ylgb Translation Lehy'thet of the Iljeb clan Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Arabian Peninsula Walters Art Museum license South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Saudi Arabia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
