Stele of Gabi in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2019

Stele of Gabi’
2nd century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D.


Object Details

Date: 2nd century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D.

Geography: Southwestern Arabia, Timna'

Medium: Calcite-alabaster

Dimensions: H. 9 11/16 × W. 6 7/16 × D. 2 13/16 in. (24.6 × 16.3 × 7.2 cm)

Classification: Stone-Sculpture

Credit Line: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of the American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection), S2013.2.208

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/759599