MAKE A MEME View Large Image South Arabian - Stone Block with a Spurious Inscription - Walters 20071749.jpg This rectangular block has a two-line boustrophedon inscription The term which translates as turning like oxen in plowing describes inscriptions that read ...
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Keywords: South Arabian - Stone Block with a Spurious Inscription - Walters 20071749.jpg This rectangular block has a two-line boustrophedon inscription The term which translates as turning like oxen in plowing describes inscriptions that read continuously from right to left and then left to right a common feature in South Arabian texts before the 4th century BC This text however is unintelligible and it is likely that it was produced in modern times Yemeni forgers occasionally produce easily transportable pieces like this example to sell to foreign visitors In this case the maker had no knowledge of the ancient South Arabian language and merely copied the letters century 20 limestone cm 6 4 10 6 4 accession number 2007 17 49 76508 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 Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Yemen 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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