CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

YM 23208


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 39

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 23208

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 58, w. 17, th. 16
Decoration
TypeFramework » With geometric elements
Figurative subjectGeometric motif » Merlons
Figurative subjectGeometric motif » Horizontal grooves
Figurative subjectGeometric motif » Dentils
Decoration
Figurative subjectSymbol
      Symbol's shapeSpear
Notes on support and decorationsIncense burner with truncated pyramidal base placed on a stepped plinth (with five steps). Artefact and plinth have been carved separately. Censer cubic in shape, decorated on the upper part of the frontal face with horizontal grooves, rectangular dentils and nine pointed merlons. On the frontal face of the base god's symbol in shape of arrow (Mdhww's symbol?). Low relief. Note: for a comparison of the pointed elements see some of the bronze incense burners with splayed foot (WA1329090; NAM 1423; NAM 1455 in ʿAlī ʿAqīl and Antonini 2007: 65, 196, 197).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKamna
Ancient siteKmnhw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleYM 23208
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

ʿAlī ʿAqīl and Antonini 2007ʿAlī ʿAqīl,ʿAzza and Antonini, Sabina 2007. Bronzi sudarabici di periodo preislamico. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 3. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]