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SABEAN BRONZE CYLINDRICAL MEASURING VESSEL With two braided handles, one vertical, one horizontal, a raised inscription below the rim,: Wahib Raymum and Nimrum, the (two) sons of Garbum Faraiya, citizen in... of B [...], (they dedicating this measure within the two's house). A ritual version of a known type made in wood. For a similar example see no. 166 in Simpson, ed., Queen of Sheba, Treasures from Ancient Yemen. Ex coll. Halstead B. Vander Poel. acq. 1980s. 1st-2nd Century AD D. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.); H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2005, no. 187 CNH103 $14,500 Sales |
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