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Sun Temple Remains from the Saba Kingdom, Marib, Yemen
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Sun Temple Remains from the Saba Kingdom, Marib, Yemen

Artist Samer Mohdad (Lebanese, born 1964)
Date1994
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/8 × 10 11/16 inches (18.11 × 27.15 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 11 15/16 inches (23.83 × 30.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.39
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Samer Mohdad 1/3"; On sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "© Samer Mohdad"
InscribedOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "Yemen, Ma'rib, Sun temple. 1994"; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: [Arabic letters]
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "30 / 25899 / 1"
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/3
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DescriptionImage of children playing in desert; one child is climbing a large stone pillar while another jumps between them and kicks a ball. The row of pillars cast long shadows over the sandy landscape.
Copyright© Samer Mohdad
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