| description | Stepped slab or base. Very fragmentary. There is a shallow recess in its uppermost surface. The element is cut from a highly distinctive, light-colored coarse sandstone which appears speckled. Almost half the slab/base has been recovered. Three larger fragments have been assembled from joining fragments. The flat border or margin around the tops and the treads of the steps are smoothed with few visible traces of tool marks, the risers less well finished. The surface of the large recess on the top bears shallow tool marks, confirming that it was not intended to be visible. The side below the bottom step (i.e., the lowest riser) and the underside bear coarse tool marks made with an adze or chisel. Some surfaces have a reddish tinge which, like parts of the statue surface, seems to be the result of post-destruction staining. |