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399992001
Copper alloy plaque; lost-wax cast; lion standing on a pedestal in front of a palm tree at the left end, presumably originally repeated on the right; only the left half survives; four line Sabaean dedicatory inscription to 'Almaqah with raised letters between horizontal incised guide lines; further guide lines incised below the row of dentils and again between the dentils and the tops of the letters; row of dentils along the top; degraded tongue ornament below; three vertical line in low relief on the reverse are the accidental product of casting.
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