Schm/Samsara 10
Schmidt 1987 b: pl. 34/a
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SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 70.5, w. 30.5, th. 32 |
| Notes on support and decorations | Pillar incense burner with squared recess on the top; in the recess rests of a metallic insert have been found. The pillar walls are worked in imitation of the "marginally drafted pecked masonry" as, for example, the architectural structures of the Awwām temple of Marib (cf. Van Beek 1958). In the lower part on one lateral side of the pillar there is a cave protrusion, 14 cm deep, which probably served to secure the object in its place. The editor considers the object a base for a statue or another votive object. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Qiblī - Samsara |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Wd ḏ-Ms¹mʿm |
| Notes | According to the owner of the object, it was recovered inside the cella. |
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EPIGRAPHS
| Title | Schm/Samsara 10 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schmidt 1987 b: 183-184, pl. 34/a | Schmidt, Jürgen 1987. Der Tempel des Waddum Ḏū-Masmaʿim. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 179-184. |
| Van Beek 1958 | Van Beek, Gus W. 1958. Appendix V. Marginally drafted, pecked masonry. Pages 287-299 in Richard LeBaron Bowen and Frank P. Albright (eds). Archaeological Discoveries in South Arabia. With foreword by Wendell Phillips. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 2). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |