Gajda 2001
Gajda 2001: 132
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner | ||||||||
| Shape | With splayed foot | ||||||||
| Measures | h. 28, d. 17 | ||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Incense burner with splayed foot and cylindrical censer decorated with a recumbent ibex in high relief placed on a base. Snake in low relief at the beginning of the inscription (probably a symbol). Traces of red painting. The object, although in limestone, is comparable with a group of bronze incense burners, as the Qatabānian Ja 862. Notes: the ibex could be used with the function of handle (see for example the bronze incense burners with cylindrical censer, splayed foot and vertical panel with ibex); bases with splayed foot characterize also some pottery vessel found in Yalā (De Maigret 2003: 90, pl. 12/5) as well as in al-Bayḍa (Rathjens 1955: 289-293) and in the tombs of Ḥurayḍa (Caton Thompson 1944: 87, 133, pl. 37/1-4 and pl. 57/8). For stylistic comparisons and chronology see Avanzini 2005. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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EPIGRAPHS
| Title | Gajda 2001 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Caton Thompson 1944 | Caton Thompson, Gertrude 1944. The Tombs and Moon Temple of Hureidha (Hadhramaut). (Reports of the Research Committee and of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 13). Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| Rathjens 1955 | Rathjens, Carl 1955. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. II. Teil. Die unlokalisierten Funde. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel. |
| de Maigret 2003 | de Maigret, Alessandro 2003. La ceramica sabea. Specificità e sviluppi da uno studio delle forme. Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 1: 89-96. |
| Avanzini 2005 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2005. Some thoughts on ibex on plinth in early South Arabian art. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 16/2: 144-153. |