#Düsseldorf #Flingern-Süd: #Stele erinnert an berühmte Brückenbauer https://www.ddorf-aktuell.de/2023/05/03/duesseldorf-flingern-sued-stele-erinnert-an-beruehmte-brueckenbauer/
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The #gravestone of a boy named Herakleides. After it was broken, one segment of the #stele was somehow protected from weathering - on it we can still see the painted lower half of the boy, with his little dog jumping up at him. 4th century BC, Museum of the Royal Tombs, Vergina
This is a really good example of how much we lose when #pigments fade (or are scrubbed) away. #polychromy
#gravestone #stele #pigments #polychromy
Anthropomorphic Funerary Eye Stele
South Arabia
4th- 3rd Century B.C
Limestone
H:12cm W:15.5cm
#history #archaeology #southarabia #yemen #pagan #paganism #stele #arabians #arabia #betyls
#history #archaeology #southarabia #yemen #pagan #paganism #stele #arabians #arabia #betyls