Deposit | Delos, Museum, A 7809 |
Support type | Artefact » Altar (mḏbḥ) | ||||||||||||||||
Shape | Circular | ||||||||||||||||
Material | Marble | ||||||||||||||||
Measures | h. 59, d. 33 | ||||||||||||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Truncated cone-shaped altar with plain surface, rounded plinth and projecting moulded collar at the top. On the top surface a squared cavity could indicate an use as incense burner. The style of the altar is clearly Hellenic recalling a column shaft. |
Modern site | Delos |
Ancient site | Dlṯ |
Country | Greece |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
Link to site record |
Title | M 349 |
Concordance | RES 3570 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic |
Link to epigraph record |