Two Riddles of the Queen of Sheba, ca. 1490?1500, Made in Strasbourg, Upper Rhineland, Germany, Upper Rhenish, Linen warp; wool, linen and metallic wefts, 31 1/2 x 40 in. (80 x 101. 6 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, Although the Bible states that the Queen of Sheba posed difficult questions to Solomon, their content, not specified in the biblical text, comes from eastern folklore. Here the queen asks Solomon how to tell the boy from the girl in a look-alike pair and the real flower from an identical artificial flower