Deposit | Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Near East Section, Quill Jones Collection, 30-47-31 |
Notes | Purchased from Quill Jones. |
Support type | Artefact » Incense burner | ||||
Shape | Squared | ||||
Material | Stone | ||||
Measures | h. 8.5, w. 8 | ||||
Decoration |
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Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Cubic limestone incense burner with four squared angular legs, joined by a horizontal rod. Faces bearing names of aromata; inscription carved between two lateral carved rectangles; on the top a framework of zigzag lines. Lower part (with legs and rods) decorated with lightly incised cross-hatching. Low relief and incision. |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Link to site record |
Title | CIAS C 64/s 9/97.12 n° 1 |
Concordance | RES 4249; Q 155; Ry 136; CSAI I, 1094 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Link to epigraph record |
Legrain 1934 b: 82, fig. 29 | Legrain, Léon 1934. Au pays de la reine de Saba. Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6/11: 65-85. |