6th C African figurines carved from Indian wood found in Israel

[DBS]

https://www.timesofisrael.com/wood-from-india-made-in-africa-6th-century-figurines-found-in-christian-tombs-in-israel/

Nice example of late Roman cosmopolitanism...  Possibly Axumite?

EDIT: the academic article https://publications.iaa.org.il/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2260&context=atiqot is worth a read.  The only statement with which I might take issue is the assertion that trade with India and Sri Lanka began in the the 4th century.  Clearly the authors have not read Pliny the Elder or are aware of the Tamil graffito in Pompeii.

[Imperial Dave]

Nice spot!