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 square chin, small rectangular ears with scroll detailing, slit mouth and sharp nose with brow-ridge; sockets for inserted scaphoid eyes; some pigment remaining. See Maigret, A. de Arabia Felix - Un Viaggio nell' Archaeologia dello Yemen, Milan, 1996. 5 kg, 27.5cm (10 3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; previously with a central London gallery; formerly in a collection formed in the 1990s Fine condition; usage wear, nose restored.