2nd century BC-1st century AD. A rectangular limestone stele with carved male face of a dignitary and six-character inscription below; the face stylised with widow's peak to the fringe, small D-shaped ears, slit mouth and large nose with brow-ridge, incised scaphoid eyes. See Maigret, A. de Arabia Felix - Un Viaggio nell' Archaeologia dello Yemen, Milan, 1996. 5.3 kg, 27cm (10 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; previously with a central London gallery; formerly in a collection formed in the 1990s. Fine condition.