Cut from slabs of limestone, these funerary plaques are decorated with highly stylized faces that vary in their degree of abstraction. On the “eye stele,” the eyes, nose, and mouth are clearly visible; on others the facial features have been reduced to simple lines and curves. Faint traces of color suggest the plaques were originally painted brightly.
Stele
Timna, early 1st century CE
Limestone
LTS1992.6.41