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| Keywords: South Arabian - Fragment of an Ibex Frieze - Walters 2137.jpg The ibex a kind of wild mountain goat was a symbol of nature's energy and the power of the wild The epithet God of Ibexes was reserved for the principal gods such as 'Almaqah of Saba' The motif of ibexes in a frieze or framed in a stela may represent man's control over nature This fragment with two semi-recumbent reclining ibexes was part of a framed stela which probably contained a dedicatory inscription in the central field century 8 7 BC calcite-alabaster cm 18 26 13 81 3 33 accession number 21 37 76476 Sale Sotheby's London February 1 1971 lot 81 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore February 1 1971 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 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 | ||||
