Stone figure - help needed
Dear all,
recently got this stone sculpture.
It is ca 14cm high. On the bottom someone marked it "Tunisie" with a biro. That also would fit the depiction, which looks maybe like a stylized maure or nubian?
The material seems to be a cristalline stone, but on some party the surface looks a bit like it has a chalky crust. I added a picture made with an USB-microscope of the stone´s structure.
On the back you find latin letters engraved. Interesting fact is, that the letter "w" was invented in the 13th century.
Maybe you can help me: Is this a tourist fake or old? And if so, how old could it be and what could be the background of the latin letters in a muslim region?
Looking forward to your answers.
Kind regards
Andreas
Last edited by AHorsa; 6th February 2018 at 07:45 PM.
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