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Keywords: South Arabian - Stela with a Concave Top - Walters 2152.jpg Images of gods were uncommon in ancient South Arabia This trapezoidal undecorated stela represents the concept of divinity The dedicatory inscription on the two-step base records that the stela was a memorial to Hawfi-il of the Marran clan in the temple of Risafum AD 1st half 1st century calcite-alabaster cm 25 16 5 8 4 accession number 21 52 76491 Sale Sotheby's London May 18 1970 lot 64 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore May 18 1970 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 Transliteration m'mr Hwf' l Mrn b-Rsfm Translation A personal memorial for Hawfi-il in the temple Risafum 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
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