Clone of Tabnit Monolith, 2022 (Work)

The Tabnit Monolith, 2022

The Tabnit Monolith, 2022, installed hanging from a simple and primitive crane, is a replica of a giant monolithic boulder that sealed king Tabnit’s tomb almost 1900 years before it was completely destroyed during its excavation in 1887. King Tabnit was a Phoenician king, who ruled Saida in the 6th century BC. The discovery of his mummy alongside 19 sarcophagi in what became known as Sidon’s Necropolis was one of the earliest achievements of Ottoman archaeology under the leadership of Osman Hamdi Bey.