Sulkis’ Tophet - VII: Orientalizing stelae.
Egyptian style frameworks were used to embellish the stelae. The columns and pillars framing the central characters become more elaborate, and embellishments of cobra snakes are carved on the architraves decorated. Another quite common type of figure holding the Egyptian sign of life (ankh) in his right hand makes its appearance in Sulcis Tophet.
Funerary stele
Sulkis Tophet
IV century BC
Sant’Antioco, Museo Archeologico
Sulkis’ Tophet - VII: Orientalizing stelae.
Egyptian style frameworks were used to embellish the stelae. The columns and pillars framing the central characters become more elaborate, and embellishments of cobra snakes are carved on the architraves decorated. Another quite common type of figure holding the Egyptian sign of life (ankh) in his right hand makes its appearance in Sulcis Tophet.
Funerary stele
Sulkis Tophet
IV century BC
Sant’Antioco, Museo Archeologico