Dig-m-Deep
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help on a find............
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tattooedmomma
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I dont know. But let me know if you want to sell it!!!
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Looks like a knight templer thingy.......but then could be way off the mark....
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I sent a couple pis and some info to the Museum of natural history in Houston, explaining it was carved stone and the info the lady gave me I bought it from.... Here is their reply..
The image has Christian iconography.
Then we have three items to work with:
Africa
End of WWII
American individual
One could very cautiously suggest that:
Africa may mean Morocco , Algeria or Tunisia. This is where US troops fought during WWII
The Christian iconography may be related to Christian presence in that area
This might mean pre-dating the arrival of Islam in that region ? i.e. before the middle of the 7th century AD (http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tsis/hd_tsis.htm)
This could make it either Roman era or Byzantine era.
Alternatively we are looking at an object made in the mid-20th century.
This is all just a guess, based on the additional information provided.
The image has Christian iconography.
Then we have three items to work with:
Africa
End of WWII
American individual
One could very cautiously suggest that:
Africa may mean Morocco , Algeria or Tunisia. This is where US troops fought during WWII
The Christian iconography may be related to Christian presence in that area
This might mean pre-dating the arrival of Islam in that region ? i.e. before the middle of the 7th century AD (http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tsis/hd_tsis.htm)
This could make it either Roman era or Byzantine era.
Alternatively we are looking at an object made in the mid-20th century.
This is all just a guess, based on the additional information provided.
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To start off, I know nothing of this item. Something I find interesting is that the image on front has open hands (peace) but the image on the rear has a sword and maybe a scroll. Like talk gently but carry a big stick.
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Just doing a bit of tidying up on some older threads, mainly for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.
Interesting. I’m pretty sure this is a Coptic Christian carving and likely from Egypt, Sudan or Ethiopia. These are usually carved in ‘black stone’ as devotional items with depictions of saints or Madonna & child and other Christian iconography. No easy way to put a date to it (especially not just from photographs), but it could be anything from ancient to ‘tourist-ware’ from the beginning of the 20th century .
Interesting. I’m pretty sure this is a Coptic Christian carving and likely from Egypt, Sudan or Ethiopia. These are usually carved in ‘black stone’ as devotional items with depictions of saints or Madonna & child and other Christian iconography. No easy way to put a date to it (especially not just from photographs), but it could be anything from ancient to ‘tourist-ware’ from the beginning of the 20th century .
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